The James Webb Space Telescope has made yet another stunning discovery to round out three years of space exploration. This ...

Detecting exoplanets is one thing, but imaging them is another thing entirely. Astronomers can detect them by the way they ...

The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling star-forming galaxy in images streaked with the signature of passing asteroids.

When it comes to star formation, not all galaxies are the same. Some are quenched, meaning they've depleted their star ...

Image of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3324) captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), with compass ... More arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

NIRCam’s resolution is able to detect tiny knots of gas, comprised of sulfur, oxygen, argon and neon from the star itself. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim ...

The NIRCam image appears a bit sharper than the MIRI image due to its increased resolution. CREDIT: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze ...

To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

The most detailed image (above) comes from JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). This 14,557 x 8,418 pixel, 122 megapixel image can be freely downloaded in f ull resolution .

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

Instead, the NIRCam image shows the inner shell of the remnant more clearly, which helps researchers to learn about how the star shattered when it exploded. Georgina Torbet ...

Webb collected two new images of the NGC 5068 galaxy that were released June 2 — one captured by the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, and the other by the Mid-Infrared Instrument ...