Category: James Webb Space Telescope

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of Exoplanet

A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. […]

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NASA Prepares to Celebrate James Webb Space Telescope’s First Year of Science

NASA is commemorating the first year of science and discoveries from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful, and most complex space telescope ever built. To celebrate the anniversary, multiple events will take place online and live across the U.S. […]

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NASA Appoints Dr. Jane Rigby as the New James Webb Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist

NASA has chosen Dr. Jane Rigby as the new senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope mission. Rigby is an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, and has worked on the mission for many years. […]

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Early Universe Crackled With Bursts of Star Formation

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. […]

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Early – Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster

Every giant was once a baby, though you may never have seen them at that stage of their development. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun to shed light on formative years in the history of the universe that have thus far been beyond reach: the formation and assembly of galaxies. […]

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