James Webb Space Telescope
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![An artist's impression of the James Webb Space Telescope. It's golden mirror is seen atop its silvery sunshield floating in space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cwo2pjvHbG5hfbkPWErPya-320-80.jpg)
A new ultrablack coating for telescopes could bring more stars into focus
By Meredith Garofalo published
Next-gen telescopes could see a much clearer picture using a new thin film coating that's incredibly dark.
![A view of Jupiter and Io, courtesy of New Horizons.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jXP7m9jGGM2XPS74BHoJq3-320-80.jpg)
The James Webb Space Telescope is digging deep into the mysteries of gas planets
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Scientists are slowly getting to the bottom of how some of the universe's most mind-bending worlds came to be.
![(Main) The complex shape of Gz9p3 shows it origins as the result of a merger between galaxies (Inset) direct imaging by the JWST reveals Gz9p3 has a double nucleus indicating a merger that is still ongoing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yS2GVVpr6fjfWnSUL7jiVK-320-80.png)
Speck of light glimpsed by Hubble is truly an enormous old galaxy, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a mere speck of light seen by Hubble, identifying it as a massive early galaxy that existed just 510 million years after the Big Bang.
![An image of a region parallel to the massive protostar known as IRAS23385 (star not visible)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HepKNzwBcapZinddKy2STE-320-80.png)
James Webb Space Telescope spots the icy building blocks of life swirling around infant stars
By Robert Lea published
Two infant stars are surrounded by swirling clouds that astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found contain icy molecules that could form the building blocks of life.
![A visual showing various galaxies in pink and blue getting smaller as they go deeper into the image. There's a ladder tracing them all togther.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZvPMxJuyaDk8DiRAesbbBf-320-80.jpg)
James Webb Space Telescope complicates expanding universe paradox by checking Hubble's work
By Keith Cooper published
The JWST's findings further scientists' conundrum of having different measurements of the expansion of the universe, which may require new physics to resolve.
![An image of a starry sky with one galaxy highlighted in a box.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FyNTASpAjj8JsABViSWoaR-320-80.jpg)
Oldest 'dead' galaxy ever seen defies current models of the ancient universe
By Samantha Mathewson published
Astronomers have discovered the oldest known "dead" galaxy in recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, challenging current models of the early universe.
![An illustration shows the James Webb Space Telescope examining Mors Somnus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gMdoeSDHVLQCtyekHWw8Co-320-80.png)
Icy asteroids help the James Webb Space Telescope uncover Neptune's history
By Robert Lea published
The powerful space telescope zoomed in on Mors-Somnus, a binary pair of icy asteroids that originated within the Kuiper Belt.
![An image of a starry section of space; some little red sparkles are pointed out.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KzZyykRHhUFUr2m3U33o7M-320-80.jpg)
How do some black holes get so big? The James Webb Space Telescope may have an answer
By Monisha Ravisetti published
With help from the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have identified a possible lead on how some supermassive black holes get so incredibly big.
![A very starry and galactic section of deep space. A box on the top-right shows an enlarged view of one of the galaxies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QwUc32RasxxmgG4iiqzW9U-320-80.png)
The James Webb Space Telescope may have found some of the very 1st stars
By Keith Cooper published
The hunt for the first stars, known as Population III stars, may be nearing an end as the James Webb Space Telescope spotted tantalizing evidence for them in one of the earliest galaxies known.
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope and some of its Cycle 3 observational targets.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EUavkT2EFN5V9uxSmL8qaL-320-80.png)
The James Webb Space Telescope's targets over the next year include black holes, exomoons, dark energy — and more
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Telescope will be busy during Cycle 3 , with astronomers using the powerful telescope to hunt exomoons and supermassive black holes and investigate cosmic evolution.
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