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NASA's Webb telescope discovers new moon orbiting Uranus
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new, 29th satellite of Uranus, which was named S/2025 U1.
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Surface modification on Jupiter's moon Europa uncovered: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A series of experiments led by Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Ujjwal Raut support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that found evidence that the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is constantly changing.
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Astronomers observe largest ever sample of galaxies up to over 12 billion
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS Web.
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Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on alien planet
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet of potential life on an alien planet, identifying chemical gases in the atmosphere of K2-18 b that, on Earth, are produced only by living organisms.
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Israeli astronomers discover enigmatic red supermassive black hole veiled
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, Israeli astronomers identified an extraordinarily red supermassive black hole shrouded in cosmic dust, challenging current understandings of black hole growth and their relationship with host galaxies.
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Study detects most distant organic molecules using Webb telescope
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Astronomers discovered complex organic molecules in the most distant galaxy to date, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The study was published in 'Nature.'
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Researchers details insights into darkest view ever of interstellar ice
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
An international team including Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University and NASA used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest-ever view of a dense interstellar cloud. These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest o
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Researchers measure size-luminosity relation of galaxies less than a billi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An international team of researchers including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) has studied the relation between galaxy size and luminosity of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe taken by the brand-new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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NASA's Webb uncovers star formation in cluster's dusty ribbons
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less mysterious with new findings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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Research details wide diversity of galaxies in the early universe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed that the structures of galaxies in the early universe were much more diverse and mature than previously known. Scientists compared images of hundreds of galaxies taken by JWST for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CE
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James Webb telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars, elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks, at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. The finding of so-called barred galaxies,
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