NASA on Wednesday released an image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth, as the U.S. space agency marked one year since it unveiled the telescope's first scientific results. The Webb telescope, which was launched in 2021 and began collecting data last year, has reshaped the understanding of the early universe while taking stunning pictures of the cosmos. The Rho Ophiuchi image was an example of that, showing a neb
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer into the atmosphere of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, finding a rocky world with a thin atmosphere.
Astronomers trained the James Webb Space Telescope on a small portion of the sky wall while searching for extremely ancient galaxies. They captured a stunning cosmic image.
Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at a famous section of the universe called the "Hubble Deep Field." They captured a remarkable cosmic image.