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James Webb telescope spots dust storm raging on a giant planet nearly 20 times the size of Jupiter
By JoAnna Wendel published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.
James Webb Space Telescope captures star going supernova in a dazzling cloud of dust
By Sascha Pare published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a picture of WR 124, a rare Wolf-Mayet star 30 times the size of our sun, ejecting a luminous cloud of cosmic dust.
James Webb telescope finds Milky Way's long-lost twin 9 billion years in the past
By Ben Turner published
The light from the distant Sparkler galaxy was spotted in the James Webb Telescope's First Deep Field and could teach us how our own Milky Way devoured other galaxies to grow.
8 times physics blew our minds in 2022
By Ben Turner published
Nuclear fusion, lab-simulated wormholes, and ramming distant asteroids, here are the biggest and best physics stories of the year.
The 10 most jaw-dropping space images of 2022
By Brandon Specktor published
Cosmic cliffs, smiling suns and Martian "polygons" made this year a blast for stargazers everywhere.
James Webb Space Telescope captures 'extraordinary' clouds in the atmosphere of Saturn's alien moon Titan
By JoAnna Wendel published
Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.
Stunning 'pillars of creation' shine like never before in new James Webb Telescope image
By Brandon Specktor published
The towering pillars of creation, captured by the James Webb Telescope, are a nursery of newborn stars that’s been slowly destroying itself for millions of years.
Superhot blob of gas discovered orbiting Milky Way's black hole at 'mind-blowing' velocity
By Harry Baker published
Astronomers have detected an X-ray flare from a blob of superhot gas orbiting Sagittarius A* at 30% the speed of light.
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