"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

The plan is to use this data to better estimate the asteroid's size and feed that into response planning. Observations with the JWST's NIRCam instrument will complement MIRI's thermal data.

Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the exotic atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare "ultra-hot Neptune." ...

In its short existence, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has transformed our understanding of the universe. It has peered at planets, stars, galaxies and black holes, casting its eye over a ...

Why it's so special: What are the smallest stars? A deep dive into the star-forming Flame Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed free-floating, Jupiter-size objects that ...