JWST spots an energetic ‘Cosmic Tornado’ 625 light-years away
A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look...
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Calling all philatelists: U.S. Postal Services issues two new JWST stamps
The United States Postal Service has issued two new stamps featuring stellar images beamed back to Earth by the James...
Swirling galaxy arms, a cosmic sombrero, and a dead supernova: Our favorite JWST images from 2024
From the moment it unfurled its distinctive hexagonal mirrors in early 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope has treated the...
‘Funny dark matter:’ Something is wrong about our theory of the expanding universe
Ever since the early 20th century, we’ve known that the universe is expanding. Exactly how quickly it’s expanding, however, remains...
