The Webb team released some tantalizing photos of Jupiter today (July 14), highlighting the $10 billion telescope's ability to study targets close to home.
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Here are the Locations in the sky for the First JWST Images
On the morning of Tuesday, July 12th, the world was treated to the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope – the most detailed images of the cosmos taken by the most powerful telescope ever! These featured familiar features from our galaxy, including updated images of the Carina Nebula, a nebula surrounding a stellar remnant (the Southern Ring), a collection of merging galaxies (Stephans Quintet), an exoplanet (WASP 96b), and a deep field image showing thousands of galaxies and gravitational lenses (SMACS 0723).
Watch an exclusive clip for Apple TV+'s 'For All Mankind' season 3 episode 6
The US and Russia reach Mars, but old tensions threaten to divide the historic mission in this exclusive clip for this week's sixth episode of "For All Mankind" on Apple TV+.
SpaceX ready to launch space station resupply mission after five-week delay
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of the company’s 25th cargo mission to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX is set to launch its 25th cargo mission to the International Space Station Thursday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following a five-week delay to resolve a leak in the Dragon cargo capsule’s propulsion system.
James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released 1st images
The buzz among professional astronomers has been electric since members of the Webb team shared tantalizing test images. And the real images are even better than anyone could have hoped for.
NASA temporarily grounding Mars helicopter Ingenuity to wait for dust to clear
NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter is taking a break during the dust-filled Martian winter that makes it difficult for the helicopter to charge its batteries.
With the James Webb Space Telescope in full operations, scientists look to reveal the earliest galaxies
The first galaxies in the universe may be chaotic, faint, and small, but no one has seen a galaxy in the universe's first 400 million years. Webb will change that.
China launches new communications satellite to support Tiangong space station
China has sent a new data relay satellite on its way to geostationary orbit to support the nation’s crewed space station project.
Asteroid Bennu Almost Swallowed Spacecraft Whole
Scientists knew the asteroid Bennu was likely a rubble pile rather than solid rock, but OSIRIS-REX's recent visit surprised them in showing just how loosely the asteroid really is.
The moon begins its monthly planetary tour with Saturn on Friday
The moon commences its monthly tour of the planets by calling in on Saturn on Friday night. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.
China's proposed Venus mission would investigate the planet's atmosphere and geology
If selected, a proposed Chinese mission to Venus could launch in 2026 and arrive at the scorching planet in 2027.
Best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
We countdown the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes from an ambitious and emotionally charged series.
On bizarre brown dwarf worlds, astronomers spot hot, sandy clouds
NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope spotted a sandstorm special.
Houston Astros to celebrate Apollo 11 with moon lander bobblehead
An astronaut will take to the field as a baseball player walks on the moon — at least, the latter in bobblehead format — as part of NASA Night with the Houston Astros.
Best camera phone 2022: Smartphones with stargazing capabilities
Our recommended camera phones for anyone looking to rely on a smartphone for photography and video recording.
How to do landscape photography
Our landscape guide helps you grasp the basics required to shoot and edit amazing landscape photography.
Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe?
New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt to examine ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Earth-like planets in dead star 'cosmic graveyards' get stranger
The first exoplanets ever discovered orbit a pulsar, and that's even stranger than scientists thought.
Watch SpaceX launch cargo mission to the space station Thursday night
SpaceX will launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Thursday night (July 14), and you can watch it live.
The James Webb Space Telescope made Maryland the center of the universe for a day. Here's what it was like.
Long before I arrived at the James Webb Space Telescope's image release event, I knew the telescope's images would be breathtaking. They still left me speechless.
