The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the oldest and most distant supernova ever seen – a stellar explosion that occurred when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old. The ancient starburst was discovered among 80 others in a part of the sky that, from our perspective on Earth, is about the width of … Read more
Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through the launch, the Webb Medium Infrared Instrument also detected jets of gas streaming into space from the twin stars. Scientists recently got a big surprise from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope when they turned the observatory toward a cluster of young stars called WL 20. The region has … Read more
Astronomers observed a giant asteroid impact in Beta Pictoris, using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, which occurred 20 years ago, provides new insights into early planetary formation in this young star system. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: NASA The new observations shed light on the unstable processes that form star systems like our … Read more