NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. "Once upon a time ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation. The space telescope recently honed in on protoplanetary disk HH30.

The rest explodes outward, flying into space like bullets. Astronomers have studied this nearby spectacle for decades, but JWST got a closer look than any past ob­servatory. “The Webb images ...

(main) An illustration of a massive star going supernova in the early universe (inset) the supernova 2023adsv as seen by the JWST in 2022 and 2023. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA ...

This Collection highlights the results from the Early Science Release programme of the JWST telescope focused on transiting hot giant exoplanets. With its extended wavelength range and its ...