A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why

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Artist's cocept of exoplanet WASP 107b imaged by
This artist's illustration shows what exoplanet WASP 107b could look like based on new data from JWST. This warm gas giant confounded researchers until recently.

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages

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Artist's concept of a galaxy in formation.
An illustration of a galaxy forming a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

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10 James Webb space photos reveal cosmic nurseries where stars come to life

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Collage of stellar nurseries
A very young star forming within the dark cloud L1527 (top left), the "Cosmic Cliffs" (top right), the Tarantula Nebula (bottom left), and the Chameleon I molecular cloud (bottom right).

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb ERO Production Team. Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb).

Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says

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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
The James Webb space telescope.

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Scientists want to build telescopes on the moon for up to $10 billion to see more of the universe than the James Webb Space Telescope

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moon wide view with a gold telescope dish nestled in a crater illustration juxtaposed with an illustration of black and white cables zig zagging across the flat grey lunar surface toward the horizon where a faint yellow sun hangs in the blackness of space
Two very different concepts for a radio observatory on the moon show how creative astronomers are getting.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon

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On left is an illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. On right is an illustration of a brown dwarf with an aurora at its north pole.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence to suggest aurora on brown dwarf W1935.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe

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black hole event horizon shadow accretion disk spiraling illustration eso1644b
An artist's impression of a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by a disc of super-heated material.

ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

13 breathtaking images NASA's James Webb Space Telescope took this year that changed our understanding of the universe

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Four images taken by JWST showing the Orion nebula (upper left), Uranus (upper right), a Wolf-Rayet star (lower left), and the Ring Nebula (lower right).

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, ESA/Webb, M. Barlow (UCL), N. Cox (ACRI-ST), R. Wesson (Cardiff University) M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), and the PDRs4All ERS Team

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen

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Star cluster IC 348 is shown here with bright stars and pink and yellow gas.
Central portion of the star cluster IC 348 as seen by JWST.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Luhman (Penn State University), and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA)

NASA's Webb Space Telescope shows off its most detailed image of Uranus yet, revealing storms and a 21-year-long winter in exquisite detail

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A new image of Uranus taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope's new portrait of Uranus show the planet's rings and polar clouds like never before.

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