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Webb Spots Details in Nearby Spiral GalaxyIMAGE
nasa.gov• Mar 12, 2026• 1 min read
Webb Spots Details in Nearby Spiral GalaxyStars peek through the dusty, winding arms of NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away, in this Feb. 20, 2026, image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument collects the mid-infrared light emitted by the warm dust speckled through the galaxy’s clouds, tracing the clumps and strands of dusty gas. […]
Webb Studies Cranium NebulaIMAGE
nasa.gov• Mar 9, 2026• 1 min read
Webb Studies Cranium NebulaNebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Webb captured its unusual features in both near- and mid-infrared light. The nebula was first revealed in infrared light by a predecessor to Webb, NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space […]
NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium NebulaIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Feb 25, 2026• 1 min read
NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium NebulaTwo heads are better than one in the latest images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which reveal new detail in a mysterious, little-studied nebula surrounding a dying star. Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the […]
Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper AtmosphereIMAGE
nasa.gov• Feb 24, 2026• 1 min read
Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper AtmosphereNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by its tilted magnetic field. Getting a look at the structure of the region where the atmosphere interacts strongly with the planet’s magnetic field is giving us the most detailed portrait […]
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Webb maps Uranus upper atmosphere in 3DIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Feb 24, 2026• 1 min read
Webb maps Uranus upper atmosphere in 3DLondon (SDX) Feb 23, 2026 A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international collaboration to construct the first three-dimensional view of Uranus upper atmosphere, showing how the planet's unusual magnetic field sculpts bright auroras thousands of kilometers above its clouds. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, operated by NASA with ESA and CSA, lead author Paola Tiranti and colleagues observed Uranus
Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphereIMAGE
esa.int• Feb 19, 2026• 1 min read
Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphereFor the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet. Using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec instrument, the team observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, detecting the faint glow from molecules high above the clouds. The results offer a new window into how ice-giant planets distribute energy in their upper layers.
Webb Zooms into Helix NebulaIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 29, 2026• 1 min read
Webb Zooms into Helix NebulaNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system. In Webb’s high-resolution look, the structure of the gas being shed off by a dying star comes into full focus. The image reveals how stars recycle their […]
Chandra, Webb Catch Twinkling LightsIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 28, 2026• 1 min read
Chandra, Webb Catch Twinkling LightsData from Chandra adds red, green, and blue twinkling lights in this Dec. 22, 2025, image of Pismis 24 from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Pismis 24 is a young cluster of stars in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximately 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. Home to a vibrant stellar nursery […]
NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big BangIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 28, 2026• 1 min read
NASA Webb Pushes Boundaries of Observable Universe Closer to Big BangNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the observable universe closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright galaxy that existed 280 million years after the big bang. By now Webb has established that it will eventually surpass virtually every benchmark […]
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Webb gazes further back in timeIMAGE
esa.int• Jan 28, 2026• 1 min read
Webb gazes further back in timeThe NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of its observations closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright galaxy that existed 280 million years after the Big Bang.
Webb sharpens view of dark matter shaping the cosmosIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Jan 28, 2026• 1 min read
Webb sharpens view of dark matter shaping the cosmosLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2026 Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the dark matter that threads through the Universe, revealing how this invisible component has guided the formation of galaxies, stars and planets over cosmic time. The new map, created with observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and published in Nature Astronomy, traces dark matter in a region of sky in the constellation Se
Webb Data Reveals Dark MatterIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 27, 2026• 1 min read
Webb Data Reveals Dark MatterThis image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, containing nearly 800,000 galaxies, is overlaid with a map of dark matter, represented in blue. Brighter blue areas indicate a higher density of dark matter. Researchers used Webb data to find the dark matter — which is invisible — via its gravitational influence on regular matter. The […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing ProtostarIMAGE
nasa.gov• Jan 27, 2026• 1 min read
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing ProtostarThe NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula in this image released on Jan. 21, 2026. Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require intense heat to form […]
NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common CrystalsIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 21, 2026• 1 min read
NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common CrystalsAstronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require intense heat to form and these “dirty snowballs” spend most of their time in the ultracold Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. Now, looking outside our solar system, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope […]
Intricacies of Helix Nebula Revealed With NASA’s WebbIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 20, 2026• 1 min read
Intricacies of Helix Nebula Revealed With NASA’s WebbNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system. In Webb’s high-resolution look, the structure of the gas being shed off by a dying star comes into full focus. The image reveals how stars recycle their […]
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Eutelsat Awards MaiaSpace Multi-Launch Contract for OneWeb SatellitesIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Jan 15, 2026• 1 min read
Eutelsat Awards MaiaSpace Multi-Launch Contract for OneWeb SatellitesFrench rocket builder MaiaSpace has signed an agreement with Eutelsat to perform multiple launches to support the expansion of the company’s OneWeb satellite constellation. MaiaSpace was founded in 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of ArianeGroup. The company is developing a two-stage, partially reusable launch vehicle called Maia, designed to deliver up to 4,000 kilograms […] The post Eutelsat Awards MaiaSpace Multi-Launch Contract for OneWeb Satellites appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb TelescopeIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 6, 2026• 1 min read
Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb TelescopeAfter combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have a previously unseen combination of features. Principal investigator Haojing Yan compares the discovery to an infamous oddball in another branch of […]
NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making DustIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Jan 6, 2026• 1 min read
NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making DustUsing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive galaxies near the Milky Way. The finding of metallic iron dust and silicon carbide (SiC) produced by aging stars, along with tiny clumps of carbon-based molecules, shows that even […]