James Webb Space Telescope
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![Warped Milky Way](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qSJcdcTrGe73Prn69NvCVB-320-80.jpeg)
James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that 'shouldn't exist' swarming across the early universe
By Ben Turner published
Thousands of disk galaxies like our own Milky Way were spotted in the early universe, where they shouldn't exist.
![Highly stylized view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pUDG7FJWPfRKzcf6vVmPLG-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
By Stephanie Pappas published
The discovery of seemingly home-grown carbon dioxide suggests Europa's ice-covered ocean could be habitable.
![Two jets of luminous gas and dust shooting out of a baby star](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sJMpXQioGt5Xi6VENXRToL-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope snaps rainbow 'lightsaber' shockwaves shooting out of a newborn sun-like star
By Harry Baker published
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a new image of a young sun-like protostar spitting out gas and dust that forms stunning shockwaves when viewed in infrared.
![James Webb Space Telescope in outer space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZiJAqQTXetp4qfM7YemRaA-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope could detect life on Earth from across the galaxy, new study suggests
By Harry Baker published
Researchers have shown that if the James Webb Space Telescope was pointed at Earth from a distant star, it could detect the signatures of intelligent life in our planet's atmosphere.
![The JWST’s NIRCam image of the expanding remnant of supernova 1987A.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xLvL4wYkbiHAbxrPZbYHAX-320-80.jpg)
Brightest supernova of past 420 years revealed in stunning new James Webb telescope images
By Keith Cooper published
This supernova signaled the explosive death of a supergiant star in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud.
![The swirling arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) feature in this new infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gu4n3wwr3gEivtzCCAJCXa-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: James Webb sees the Whirlpool Galaxy in a new light
By Jamie Carter published
James Webb Space Telescope shows new star clusters forming in one of the best-looking "grand-design" spiral galaxies in the night sky.
![The Ring Nebula shines like a spectacular red and orange donut against blue space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vbH9so3ixqAjpVudnqYDDN-320-80.png)
Space photo of the week: Ring Nebula glistens like a jelly-filled doughnut in Webb telescope's latest images
By Jamie Carter published
The archetypal planetary nebula imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope now comes in two colorful versions, each showing spectacular features.
![A fiery orange smudge representing Maisie's galaxy, one of the earliesrt galaxies in the known universe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B5o9BQ8QJA6BQwXjX3xqwK-320-80.jpg)
13 billion-year-old 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the oldest objects in the universe, James Webb telescope reveals
By Brandon Specktor published
Born less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, Maisie's galaxy is officially one of the four oldest galaxies ever discovered, a new JWST study reveals.
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