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![Three objects seen by the JWST in December 2022 and identified as galaxies may actually be huge stars powered by dark matter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j6Jb2RjZCbKbWMrbtCsNKc-320-80.png)
James Webb telescope reveals 3 possible 'dark stars' — galaxy-sized objects powered by invisible dark matter
By Robert Lea published
Three early galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could actually be titanic stars powered by a dark matter heart.
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/htwyfKg9cmdmBya2yVTfH8-320-80.jpg)
James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, design and mission objectives
By Andrew May last updated
Reference NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
![A spectacularly colorful image of stars being born in a field of purple and yellow gas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MSUP4iTaYXS3CqqvVNEKLa-320-80.png)
Explosive 'star factory' image marks the James Webb telescope's one-year anniversary of operations
By Joanna Thompson published
In its first year of operations, the James Webb Space Telescope has already revolutionized our view of the cosmos. Its one-year anniversary image is a spectacularly beautiful addition.
![A bed of distant stars, galaxies, and black holes twinkles endlessly in this James Webb Telescope image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z8Nx7n7V6qfBDNHaq6h4pn-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universe
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.
![Crackles of orange streak across a purple background, representing tendrils of gas in the cosmic web that unites all galaxies](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dDw2nsZy5rSivtY8zD9jmK-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.
![Saturn is pitch black, with only its glowing rings visible, in this raw James Webb telescope image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TgSNC5u4sBqZGq9mNCk8cE-320-80.jpg)
See Saturn disappear in eerie, unfinished James Webb telescope images
By Joanna Thompson published
The James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they're still mind-blowingly cool.
![A beautiful starscape of orange and blue gas filled with twinkling stars](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9YiCyNMUQBDHCdta9JQqPU-320-80.png)
James Webb telescope discovers carbon compounds crucial to life in star system 1,000 light-years from Earth
By Briley Lewis published
An infant star system contains the basic building block for organic chemistry, new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal.
![A blue dot surrounded by an orange rings on a black background. In the left corner, a red dot glows.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hPvq8dZTAHyV9PEgRFooFR-320-80.jpg)
James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest organic molecules in the known universe, 12 billion light-years from Earth
By Joanna Thompson published
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules in a galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away — the furthest and oldest ever detected.
![A telescope image of distant galaxies, showing thousands of bright stars and galaxies on a black background. In a zoomed-in box is the pale, faint galaxy detected in this new study.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/asr7KUGQjMZgSpg4VvE9LM-320-80.png)
James Webb Space Telescope finds the faintest galaxy ever detected at the dawn of the universe
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the faintest galaxy ever seen, burning away the pitch-black gloom of the early universe 13 billion years ago.
![An illustration of NASA's Cassini orbiter soaring through a giant vapor jet over the moon Enceladus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/utseB6t3YKvcANaNntNGW3-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope discovers gargantuan geyser on Saturn's moon, blasting water hundreds of miles into space
By Isobel Whitcomb published
The James Webb Space Telescope caught Saturn's icy moon Enceladus spraying a 'huge plume' of watery vapor far into space — and that plume may contain chemical ingredients for life.
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