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James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb Space Telescope first image from James Webb Space Telescope: galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Envision the birth of stars and planets illuminated through the infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope
Southern Ring Nebula Stephan's Quintet Carina Nebula Compare Hubble and James Webb space telescope images
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Telescopes: Seeing Stars
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What is a dead galaxy? Astronomers spot one that stopped forming stars 700M years after Big Bang • Apr. 25, 2025, 5:27 PM ET (The Indian Express)
James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon' • Apr. 24, 2025, 7:35 AM ET (Space)
Astronomers Reveal Secrets of the Universe's Awkward Growth Spurt • Apr. 23, 2025, 6:28 AM ET (Newsweek)
"Signature of life" detected on another world by the Webb telescope, study suggests • Apr. 19, 2025, 10:44 PM ET (Earth.com)
Harvard professor on evidence of life found on distant planet • Apr. 17, 2025, 3:29 PM ET (CBS)

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James Webb Space Telescope
first image from James Webb Space Telescope: galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
Southern Ring Nebula
Stephan's Quintet
Carina Nebula
Envision the birth of stars and planets illuminated through the infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope
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The orbits of the planets and other elements of the solar system, including asteroids, Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, comet
Space Odyssey