The rare cosmic phenomenon, called an Einstein ring, occurs when massive objects can bend light due to their gravitational ...

This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

For now, researchers think the light might be coming from the first stars to exist, or outflows from a supermassive black ...

In a nutshell Astronomers have discovered a massive black hole from the early universe that’s barely feeding — suggesting ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an Einstein ring. What at first appears to be a single, strangely shaped galaxy is ...

GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.

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The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4, which will make a perilously close approach ...

Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 ...

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Mahler The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning image of a bizarre astronomical optical illusion. This "rare cosmic phenomenon", called an ...

The NASA James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of an Einstein ring, an optical phenomenon created by gravitational lensing. This rare sight, caused by light from a distant galaxy ...