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‘Butterfly Nebula’ spreads its fiery wings in dazzling new James Webb telescope image  Live Science Webb investigates complex heart of a cosmic butterfly  European Space Agency A dead ‘sun’ forms building blocks of exoplanets in new JWST Butterfly Nebula image  Space Cosmic butterfly reveals clues to Earth’s creation  The Royal Astronomical Society An unprecedented look into a butterfly nebula from the James Webb Telescope  New …

The powerful NSF Inouye Solar Telescope has just delivered absolutely mind-blowing observations of its first X-class solar flare. On 8 August 2024, the telescope managed to capture one of the most powerful flares our Sun is capable of producing – at a remarkable resolution of just four Earths across. This level of detail reveals some of the finest structures we’ve …

Aug. 27 (UPI) — NASA observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. On Aug. 6, the telescope with its near-infrared Spectrograph instrument analyzed the comet as it provided more information about its size, physical properties, and chemical makeup. This kind of observation can help make clear what conditions were like …

Press enter or click to view image in full size Spectrally integrated flux maps for 3I/ATLAS observed by the NIRSpec instrument on the Webb telescope. Panel (a) shows the scattered sunlight around 3I/ATLAS on a scale of a few thousand kilometers (smaller by a factor of a hundred than the size of the CO2 plume detected by SPHEREx) at a …

The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun’s corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope — could be the bottom floor of the machinery that powers the ferocious flares that routinely blast out from our star. “It’s a landmark moment in solar science,” said Cole Tamburri of the University …

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS for the first time. The powerful space telescope trained its infrared vision and its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument (NIRspec) on the comet on Aug. 6, 2025. Discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope, 3I/ATLAS is just the third-ever object found drifting through …

“Shocking Spiral Secret”: Webb Telescope Shows 60% Galaxies Turning Clockwise, Stirring Alarming Theory of Universe Inside Black Hole  Rude Baguette New space discoveries: Is an alien probe headed our way? Are we living inside a black hole?  Central Oregon Daily All most shocking discoveries of the James Webb telescope since beginning of its operation  MSN “Terrifying Cosmic Trap”: Kansas State Researchers Reveal Galaxies …

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a tiny new moon orbiting Uranus, a rare discovery that expands Uranus’ total known moons to 29, and the first inner one found in nearly 40 years. Provisionally named S/2025 U1, the hidden moon was first detected on February 2, 2025, and at just 10 kilometers (six miles) wide it is …

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have spotted 300 mysterious objects that may be some of the universe’s earliest galaxies. If confirmed, their existence could reshape our understanding of how galaxies first formed. (Artist’s concept). Credit: SciTechDaily.com Drawing on observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers at the University of Missouri have identified 300 unusual candidates for early …

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, the solar system’s tilted seventh planet.  This new space discovery brings the ice giant world’s bevy of moons up to 29, a count that includes a yet-to-be-named moon discovered in 2023.  The newest moon likely escaped detection before now because it is so small. These findings, led …