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![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope and some of its Cycle 3 observational targets including black holes, ancient galaxies and exomoons.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hdNDxYULXzJMFHiqSBq9KJ-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope reveals targets for the next year, including monster black holes, exomoons, dark energy — and more
By Robert Lea published
The beloved James Webb Space Telescope will soon begin working on a fascinating to-do list for 2024 and 2025, including research into black holes, alien moons, dark energy and more.
![An illustration shows the James Webb Space Telescope as it studies an array of dwarf galaxies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dZZJK4g5R2QKiVZRdUasNK-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope reveals collection of ancient galaxies that 'transformed the entire universe'
By Robert Lea published
New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that dwarf galaxies in the early universe released enough collective radiation to change the cosmos forever.
![A 3-D visualization of the chaotic Orion Nebula based on observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. We see black space on top, above a vast cloud of swirling pink star-formign gas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mC8pNttgxCHGfyfWcQBcAC-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope spots trouble in Orion Nebula: Stellar winds are eroding planet-forming material around a young star
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A group of extremely bright stars may be slowly reshaping the Orion Nebula and stopping one of their neighbors from forming planets, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest.
![The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a well-known and recently-observed supernova.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/phcVAJEDGiRZHWBwTzafxY-320-80.jpg)
'Finally, we have the evidence': James Webb telescope spots neutron star hiding in wreckage of famous 1987 supernova
By Robert Lea published
A neutron star spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope stayed hidden for 37 years while lurking in the wreckage of a stellar explosion, Supernova 1987A.
![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)
35 jaw-dropping James Webb Space Telescope images
By Brandon Specktor last updated
From nebulas and black holes to baby star nurseries and ancient collisions, the universe has never looked more beautiful thanks to NASA's $10 billion-telescope.
![JWST-7329: a rare massive galaxy that formed very early in the Universe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hGtAMg3UhKcWqsbjtuzAMe-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way, and it's threatening to upend cosmology
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers believe the first galaxies formed around giant halos of dark matter. But a newly discovered galaxy dating to roughly 13 billion years ago mysteriously appeared long before that process should have occurred.
![An illustration shows a Jupiter like world orbiting a dead white dwarf star.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yTxLDEmCadJnfCWACb6wYK-320-80.jpg)
James Webb telescope makes ultra-rare detection of 2 planets orbiting dead stars
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected two alien planets orbiting white dwarfs, the collapsed husks of once-mighty stars. The discovery offers a hint of what our solar system will look like after the sun's eventual demise.
![One of the spiral galaxies newly imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZCWXkGTM4yGaTgpx8vaZRC-320-80.jpg)
'Mind-blowing' James Webb telescope images reveal 19 spiral galaxies in the greatest detail ever seen
By Isobel Whitcomb published
New James Webb telescope images reveal 19 Milky Way-like spiral galaxies in more intricate detail than has ever been seen before.
![The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has released new images of M87* from observations taken in April 2018, one year after the first observations in April 2017. The new observations in 2018, which feature the first participation of the Greenland Telescope, reveal a familiar, bright ring of emission of the same size as we found in 2017. This bright ring surrounds a dark central shadow, and the brightest part of the ring in 2018 has shifted by about 30º relative from 2017 to now lie in the 5 o’clock position.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t33U62NGqKaRjpssyB8KFc-320-80.jpg)
Right again, Einstein: New snapshot of 1st black hole to be photographed confirms relativity
By Kiley Price published
The new black hole image offers further confirmation for Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
![An image of a young star-forming region filled with wispy blue, grey, green, and red nebulosity that is brightest towards the centre and fainter towards the edges, especially in the top left corner and on the right side. Thousands of stars are seen sprinkled across the field, concentrated towards the centre, and the brightest stars show the eight spikes due to diffraction that are characteristic of Webb images.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/evkeq5BdW4KABBG3H3xRtd-320-80.jpg)
Physics-breaking 'rogue' objects spotted by James Webb telescope are emitting radio signals that scientists can't explain
By Abha Jain published
A bizarre object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope may be a pair of 'rogue' planets ― but a new study finds they are emitting radio signals rarely seen from other worlds.
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