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Space 2d ago

Saturn's Northern Lights Finally Explain Its Decades-Long Spin Mystery, Because of Course It's the Northern Lights

Saturn's spin mystery was a case of aurora-induced atmospheric trickery, solved by JWST's unprecedented infrared temperature maps - a classic planetary heat pump.

ScienceDaily

JWST Finds 'Little Red Dot' Is Actually a Naked Supermassive Black Hole, Not a Cute Accessory

Ars Technica

Space 3d ago

JWST Finds 'Little Red Dot' Is Actually a Naked Supermassive Black Hole, Not a Cute Accessory

JWST finds a supermassive black hole from 700 million years after the Big Bang that's basically all black hole, no galaxy - because the Universe has a sense of humor.

James Webb Space Telescope Supermassive Black Hole +4

Ars Technica

Webb Telescope Finds Galaxy So Primitive It Makes the Milky Way Look Like a Shopping Mall

Ars Technica

Space 17d ago

Webb Telescope Finds Galaxy So Primitive It Makes the Milky Way Look Like a Shopping Mall

Astronomers using the Webb telescope and a gravitational lens spot a galaxy from 800 million years post-Big Bang that's so chemically primitive it might be a fossil of the Universe's first stars.

James Webb Space Telescope Kimihiko Nakajima +4

Ars Technica

James Webb Telescope Finally Gives the Universe’s Cosmic Web the High-Def Treatment It Deserves

ScienceDaily

Space 19d ago

James Webb Telescope Finally Gives the Universe’s Cosmic Web the High-Def Treatment It Deserves

NASA's JWST delivers the clearest map of the universe's cosmic web, revealing galaxy evolution from a billion years old - essentially giving the cosmos a sharper LinkedIn profile photo.

James Webb Space Telescope Cosmic Web +4

ScienceDaily

Webb Telescope Finds a Scorching 'Super-Earth' That's Basically Mercury's Angrier Cousin

ScienceDaily

Space 25d ago

Webb Telescope Finds a Scorching 'Super-Earth' That's Basically Mercury's Angrier Cousin

JWST finds a dark, barren super-Earth with no atmosphere, likely resembling an oversized Mercury - and definitely not a place you'd want to visit.

James Webb Space Telescope MIRI +4

ScienceDaily

Saturn's Northern Lights Finally Explain Its Decades-Long Spin Mystery, Because of Course It's the Northern Lights

JWST Finds 'Little Red Dot' Is Actually a Naked Supermassive Black Hole, Not a Cute Accessory

Webb Telescope Finds Galaxy So Primitive It Makes the Milky Way Look Like a Shopping Mall

James Webb Telescope Finally Gives the Universe’s Cosmic Web the High-Def Treatment It Deserves

Webb Telescope Finds a Scorching 'Super-Earth' That's Basically Mercury's Angrier Cousin

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