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Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope

The study of exoplanets, worlds which orbit stars other than our sun, is currently being transformed by the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We will shortly gain our first insight into conditions on rocky, potentially Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. One of these distant worlds might host life.…

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Earth's oxygen has varied dramatically over time – here's how our data could help us spot alien life

Are we alone in the universe? This is a question that has intrigued humans for centuries and inspired countless studies and works of fiction. But are we getting closer to finding this out? Now that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is in operation, we might have taken one giant…

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Wow! Webb Telescope finds a failed star with clouds made of sand

The clouds of the distant brown dwarf contain silicate material, making it a quite unusual atmospheric composition.

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NASA discovers a problem with one of the Webb Telescope’s most important instruments

One important mode used on the MIRI instrument on the massive telescope isn't working, and NASA is trying to assess if it can be fixed.

Inverse

The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here's what we can learn from it

Did you ever want to see an alien world? A planet orbiting a distant star, light years from the Sun? Well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just returned its first-ever picture of just that – a planet orbiting a distant star.

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Webb Telescope finds carbon dioxide in a hot Jupiter atmosphere — and it could aid the search for alien life

WASP-39b, a distant gas giant "hot Jupiter," shows signs of water vapor and carbon dioxide, helping Webb scientists hone in on how to find them on smaller planets.

Inverse

James Webb Space Telescope images reveal stunning galaxies, complex adolescent cosmos

The adolescent universe was much more complex than imagined, some of the first detailed snapshots of the early cosmos reveal.

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How the Webb Telescope could unveil the newborn universe

JWST will answer a lot of questions astronomers have been asking about the earliest epochs of the universe.

Inverse

How did supermassive black holes grow? Webb could reveal this key part of the early universe

The telescope will look into the regions surrounding these monsters like never before.

Inverse

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on James Webb Space Telescope

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Webb Telescope to investigate rogue black hole on the lam from its galaxy

A black hole is speeding through space at several million miles per hour.

Inverse

The James Webb telescope offers marvels we’re too busy to actually see

When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, the world held its breath. Now we’ve become blasé about such scientific advances.

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How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made

We can't see what the telescope see.

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Webb sees water vapor on another planet

The telescope's precise measurements of exoplanet WASP-96b reveal water in the atmosphere. Could it host life?

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Explained | What is the relevance of the recently released images from the James Webb Space Telescope?

With the release of its first five stunning images, the James Webb Space Telescope has demonstrated an acute observational capacity and revealed aspects of the cosmos hitherto hidden from other telescopes

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NASA's largest telescopes provide science and inspiration

Large telescopes like the JWST and the Hubble Space Telescope take on lives and personalities of their own.

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Biden unveils first full-color photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

This long-awaited milestone will set the stage for the rest of the $10 billion telescope's mission.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first aligned image of a star. Here's how it was done

In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a single star.

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Finding ET through... pollutants?

The powerful James Webb Telescope could be appropriated to search for pollution on alien planets, a new study shows

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Telescope a million miles away brings Space closer to home

A remarkable piece of technology now a million miles away from Earth could help answer some of humanity's biggest questions about the Universe, writes Dr Heloise Stevance

Inverse

The Webb telescope reaches its final deployment challenge

The James Webb Space Telescope finished deploying all 18 of its mirror segments Wednesday, leaving one last task before it takes up its deep space post.

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Almost there: Webb telescope is 90 percent of the way to its destination

As of Tuesday afternoon, the James Webb Space Telescope was more than 93 percent of the way to its operating orbit around Lagrangian Point 2.

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