8 stories tagged james-webb-space-telescope, newest first.
319 points by divbzero | 138 comments
Smithsonian magazine article on the James Webb Space Telescope's first exoplanet discovery via direct imaging, made by blocking the host star's glare.
333 points by instagraham | 276 comments
Smithsonian Magazine Smart News article on a JWST-based study finding most distant galaxies rotate clockwise, with possible explanations including a black-hole universe.
331 points by jchanimal | 151 comments
The Debrief article reporting that James Webb Space Telescope observations provide evidence supporting an alternate theory of gravity.
327 points by nsoonhui | 321 comments
Quanta Magazine article on a long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope study of the cosmic expansion rate that deepens the Hubble tension in cosmology.
633 points by thunderbong | 327 comments
ESA article reporting that Webb observations confirm Hubble's measurements of the Universe's expansion rate, deepening the Hubble tension.
619 points by gmays | 266 comments
NASA Webb Space Telescope news release from December 2023 presenting a new infrared image of Uranus showing its rings and moons.
382 points by jonathankoren | 214 comments
NASA news release (Sept 21, 2023) reporting that the Webb telescope detected carbon dioxide on Europa's surface likely originating from its subsurface ocean.
372 points by gmays | 157 comments
Sky & Telescope news article on JWST imaging Fomalhaut's debris disk in unprecedented detail, published May 8, 2023.