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James Webb space telescope

June 2024

  • James Webb Space Telescope image of galaxies

    Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350m years after big bang

    Exclusive: ‘Massive’ discovery raises possibility conditions for life were present almost from dawn of time

May 2024

  • Stars photographed by the James Webb space telescope, with an inset picture of a magnified galaxy

    James Webb space telescope photographs most distant known galaxy

  • An image from Nasa showing the ZS7 galaxy system

    Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old

March 2024

  • Artist's impression of boiling sea

    Science Weekly
    A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science – podcast

    Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from a new theory challenging the existence of dark matter to an alarming study about the possible impact of microplastics on our health and a glimpse of a ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ deep in space

December 2023

  • Cosmic dust glowing in infra-red light – captured by the James Webb telescope  in this image of the super-bright Wolf-Rayet star.

    How the James Webb telescope is ‘set to find strange and bizarre worlds’

    After its first full calendar year of operation, astronomers are using the probe to look for life on thousands of newly discovered planets

November 2023

  • Sand clouds on the planet WASP-107b

    Science Weekly
    What have we learned from the James Webb space telescope so far? – podcast

  • The fluffy atmosphere of Wasp-107b where astronomers discovered sand clouds.

    Planet where it rains sand revealed by Nasa telescope

October 2023

  • A handout illustration of perfectly spherical explosion, called a kilonova<br>A perfectly spherical explosion, called a kilonova, that followed the merger of two very defense objects called neutron stars - remnants of massive stars after supernova explosions Ð that was observed 140-150 million light-years away from Earth is seen in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters on February 15, 2023. Albert Sneppen/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.

    Creation of rare heavy elements witnessed in neutron-star collision

  • The inner Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster as seen with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb space telescope.

    Discovery of ‘Jumbos’ may herald new astronomical category

September 2023

  • Jupiter's moon Europa

    Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

  • An artist's illustration of the James Webb space telescope in space.

    Nasa says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean and possible hint of life

August 2023

  • An image of the Ring Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

    Stunning James Webb telescope images show death throes of distant star

    High-resolution images from cutting-edge space telescope reveal inner region around central white dwarf

July 2023

  • Stars form in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud, photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

    ‘Mindblowing’: how James Webb telescope’s snapshots of infant universe transformed astronomy

  • The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

    ‘Unprecedented’: Nasa releases image of star-forming region

June 2023

  • An artist's impression of Euclid

    Euclid telescope prepares for voyage to create largest 3D map of the cosmos

    European Space Agency’s €1bn probe will travel 1m miles from Earth to shed light on dark universe

May 2023

  • GS-9209 galaxy on star map

    Supermassive black hole at heart of ancient galaxy ‘far larger than expected’

  • Fomalhaut with the surrounding debris disks.

    Dust cloud discovered around one of sky’s brightest stars

March 2023

  • sparkling purple cloud in space

    James Webb space telescope captures rare image of dying star

  • Jupiter and its largest moon, Ganymede.

    ‘It’s like finding needles in a haystack’: the mission to discover if Jupiter’s moons support life

February 2023

  • The six candidate galaxies, based on observations by Nasa's James Webb space telescope

    James Webb telescope detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies

    Huge systems appear to be far larger than was presumed possible so early after big bang, say scientists
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