James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope

Launched on December 25, 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful and complex space telescope. Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, it does not orbit around Earth. Rather, it orbits the Sun at a distance of 1 million miles from Earth, which is called the second Lagrange point. It is responsible for studying every phase of our universe's history.

James Webb Space Telescope reveals strange features of auroral footprints of Jupiter's moon Io

While Jupiter's main aurora has a great deal of hot materials, a snapshot showed a cold spot in Io's auroral footprint.
Updated: 3 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope images 'Exposed Cranium' nebula in never-before-seen details

Webb has captured the star within the nebula in its dying moments, yet its ultimate fate is uncertain.
Published: Feb 27, 2026  |  By Juhi Varma

James Webb Space Telescope maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere for the first time ever

The telescope detected a faint glow from molecules in the planet's upper atmosphere.
Published: Feb 23, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures a rare jellyfish galaxy from 8.5 billion years ago

The light from the rare galaxy has challenged conceptions of what the universe would have been like in the early stages.
Published: Feb 20, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

James Webb Space Telescope detects surprising abundance of organic molecules in nearby galaxy

The small organic molecules that were detected could be important for prebiotic chemistry.
Published: Feb 9, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'Red Potato' galaxy

The galaxy has a low star formation rate despite being located in a huge gas reservoir.
Updated: Feb 5, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the farthest galaxy ever detected

James Webb Space Telescope captures MoM-z14, a galaxy from just 280 million years after the Big Bang.
Published: Jan 29, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observes young star ejecting common Earth crystals

JWST reveals EC 53 protostar forges silicates in a hot disk and sends them out through "cosmic highways."
Updated: Jan 27, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

James Webb Telescope's new map is strong proof that there would be no life without dark matter

The ghostly matter co-evolved with regular matter that makes up the visible universe.
Updated: Jan 27, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope pictures Helix Nebula in extraordinary detail

Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.
Published: Jan 22, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Here's how you can access JWST and Hubble Telescope observations live from home

Explore the cosmos through the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Telescope!
Published: Jan 19, 2026  |  By Mahalekshmi P

Astronomers using JWST discover an ancient supernova from the first billion years of the universe

This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.
Published: Jan 16, 2026  |  By Raj Naik

The mystery behind 'little red dots' discovered by James Webb Telescope has finally been solved

The "little red dots" were discovered by the telescope in 2021, and what followed was a theory that the dots were massive galaxies.
Published: Jan 16, 2026  |  By Raj Naik

NASA's JWST reveals ancient monster stars that could be the ancestors of black holes

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified massive, short-lived stars that are essentially 'seeds' for the universe's first supermassive black holes.
Published: Jan 7, 2026  |  By Raj Naik

The cosmos up close: 5 stunning James Webb Space Telescope images from 2025

From planet nurseries to cosmic rings, James Webb’s 2025 images reveal the universe in stunning detail.
Published: Dec 26, 2025  |  By Pratham Gurung

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures rare sight of comet smoke around a nearby star

Cicero Lu, a science fellow at Gemini Observatory, found a cloud of warm carbon monoxide gas circling the star HD 131488.
Published: Dec 24, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds a lemon-shaped exoplanet with a never-before-seen atmosphere

Officially labelled PSR J2322-2650b, this Jupiter-mass planet has been deformed into a bizarre lemon shape by the sheer, crushing gravity of its host star.
Published: Dec 17, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

James Webb Telescope solves 20-year cosmic mystery, finds evidence of 'monster stars' from early universe

Webb uncovers evidence of giant primordial stars that may explain how early black holes formed less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
Updated: Dec 16, 2025  |  By Pratham Gurung

Scorching 'lava world' detected by James Webb Telescope surprises scientists with a thick atmosphere

The data suggest this small, super-hot world is shrouded in a thick layer of gas, likely hovering above a planet-wide ocean of magma.
Updated: Dec 14, 2025  |  By Raj Naik

NASA's James Webb Telescope witnesses stellar explosion from just 730 million years after the Big Bang

Previously, the most ancient supernova ever confirmed dated back to when the universe was 1.8 billion years old.
Updated: Dec 10, 2025  |  By Raj Naik