Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, astronomers have observed galaxies that existed more ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop.

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of "hidden" galaxies that could hold the key to ...

(Another space telescope, Fermi, replaced it in 2008.) But Spitzer and Chandra are still up—way up—and running, unlocking secrets of the universe and surpassing the hopes of the people who ...

NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope captured the same shot in 2006, with scientists then dubbing the stellar jet “the cosmic tornado.” But it was too fuzzy to make out the background ...

Now, the James Webb Space Telescope has solved this mystery. On January 12, 2006, astronomers scanning a nearby star-forming region with the Spitzer Space Telescope captured a image of an odd ...

Related: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — A complete guide First observed in 2006 by NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope, past observations revealed that the HH 49/50 outflow is racing ...

A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look at Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) released today also answers a ...

When NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope first observed Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) in 2006, scientists dubbed it the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its spiral-like appearance. However ...