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We caught up with astronomer Garth Illingworth to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope, distant galaxies, and the ever-evolving scientific process.

The JWST’s Data Is So Incredible That Even Those Who Built It Are Questioning Previous Science

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA pointed the incredibly powerful James Webb Space Telescope at Mars for the first time, getting a new look at some of the planet's oldest scars.

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James Webb Targets Mars, Showing Catastrophic Ancient Damage

By Frank Landymore

A new study warns that there may be a glaring error in the James Webb's calculations that could leave much of its data open to serious misinterpretation.

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Harvard and MIT Scientists Warn That James Webb Data May Not Be What It Seems

By Noor Al-Sibai

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the Orion Nebula reveal why this spacecraft continues to wow even the most no-nonsense scientists.

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Astronomers Are Losing Their Minds Over “Breathtaking” New James Webb Images

By Noor Al-Sibai

Babe, wake up. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) SoundCloud audio just dropped — and the soundscapes are absolutely beautiful.

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NASA Turns James Webb Images Into Beautiful Music, Uploads It to SoundCloud

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant, lurking outside of the Solar System.

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James Webb Just Took Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have long thought early galaxies to be chaotic, misshapen messes — but new James Webb imagery proves that theory to be completely false.

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Scientists Puzzled Because James Webb Is Seeing Stuff That Shouldn’t Be There

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first "clear detection" of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, according to NASA.

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James Webb Spots “Clear Evidence” of CO2 in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

The magnificent, planetary orb was just a piece of Spanish chorizo, and the physicist has since had to make a public apology for causing any confusion.

Physicist Apologizes for Fooling Public Into Thinking a Picture of Chorizo Was a Star

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to the latest analysis, we could soon be looking at images of the oldest galaxy ever identified, thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

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The James Webb May Have Just Found the Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is producing more images than ever before — and its latest snapshot of the spiral galaxy Messier M74 is truly spectacular.

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You’ll Never Guess What This Bizarre New James Webb Image Is Actually Showing

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has released images of the mirrors of its James Webb Space Telescope after it was hit by micrometeoroids — fortunately, the damage was minimal.

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NASA Releases Image of James Webb Damage From Micrometeoroid Impact

By Victor Tangermann

There's one line on NASA's James Webb space telescope's spec sheet that has caught us off guard: it has a tiny 68 gigabyte solid-state drive (SSD).

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The James Webb’s Hard Drive Is Hilariously Tiny

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope has charmed starwatchers the world round, but there was a time NASA was worried it wouldn't make it.

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Glitch Made NASA Scientists Think the James Webb Might Be Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter and its moon Europa, taken by its groundbreaking new James Webb Space Telescope.

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James Webb Picture of Jupiter So Crisp You Can See Its Moon Europa

By Victor Tangermann

With the James Webb Space Telescope in the news over the release of its incredible images, it's been easy to forget that it was named for a known homophobe.

People Are Furious at Space Telescope’s Homophobic Name Again

By Noor Al-Sibai

The James Webb Space Telescope secretly released an infrared photo of Jupiter during its historic drop of images yesterday.

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The Webb Telescope Just Quietly Released a Picture of Jupiter

By Noor Al-Sibai

As a simple tool goes to show, the James Webb Space Telescope's first images are a huge upgrade over its predecessor, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Awesome Tool Shows How Much Better the JWST’s Images Are Compared to the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

NASA Completely Botched the James Webb Livestream

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Officially Unveils First Set of Dazzling James Webb Images

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NASA Officially Unveils First Set of Dazzling James Webb Images

By Victor Tangermann

The First Full-Color James Webb Image Just Dropped, and It’s Beautiful

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The First Full-Color James Webb Image Just Dropped, and It’s Beautiful

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope will get hit by a micrometeorite every month. The telescope is about to return its first deep space images.

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NASA Planning for James Webb to Get Hit by One Micrometeorite Per Month

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has given us a first glimpse into the awe-inspiring power of the images it will produce.

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NASA Shows Off Mesmerizing First Images From James Webb Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

While we await the official release of the first images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, early reactions are sounding promising.

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Scientists Say New James Webb Images Are So Powerful That It Was Emotional Just Looking at Them

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's ultra expensive James Webb Space Telescope has already had to endure a dust-sized micrometeoroid impacting with one of its primary mirror segments.

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The James Webb Was Struck by a Small Meteoroid, NASA Says

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope just sent NASA a photo of a far-away neighboring galaxy. Scientific observations begin in July, says AP.

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James Webb Provides Dazzling New Image of Neighboring Galaxy

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start peering into deep space later this year, having completed its alignment phase.

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Huzzah! The James Webb Is Fully Aligned and Ready to Spy on Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

One of its 13 early targets is Jupiter, a gas giant that's far closer to us than most of its other targets.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Is Going to Stare Straight Into Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

A new study published last week in arXiv reports that researchers found an unidentified object nearly 13.5 billion light-years away in the universe.

Scientists Detect Huge Object, Farther Away Than Anything Else Detected in Universe

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA has finalized the list of targets that the James Webb Space Telescope will study, but is keeping the first one a secret.

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NASA Is Keeping the James Webb Telescope’s First Target Secret

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The James Webb Telescope is now aligned and ready for action — which, in the case of this social media-famous spacecraft, includes taking selfies.

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Rejoice! The Webb Telescope Has Released Yet Another Selfie

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has released a stunning new image taken by its James Webb Space Telescope that shows a star fully in focus surrounded by a dizzying vista of galaxies.

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NASA Releases First “Fully Aligned” Image From James Webb Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope has once again released a star photo, and it's absolutely stunning.

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The Webb Telescope’s Latest Star Photo Is Absolutely Magnificent

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists — and former astronauts alike — are excited for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to scan distant worlds for signs of life.

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Former Astronaut Suggests Specific Planet for James Webb to Search for Life

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't even kicked off scientific operations — but astronomers are already eager to search for other civilizations using it.

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Scientists Already Plotting How James Webb Could Detect Alien Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope keeps trucking along splendidly — and it just hit another exciting milestone.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Just Locked Onto Its First Star

By Noor Al-Sibai

We've finally gotten our first peek at the James Webb Space Telescope's photos and, naturally, one of them is a "selfie."

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The James Webb Space Telescope Just Released Its First Image

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA says that as the James Webb Space Telescope begins its alignment process the team saw the first photons of starlight it has detected.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Just Detected Its First Signal

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA is finally making moves to boot up its James Webb Space Telescope, according to a NASA statement — a historic moment.

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NASA’s Booting Up the Mighty James Webb Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

A remotely-controlled telescope has taken one of first images of the Webb in orbit — showing it as a tiny dot amongst a sea the stars and galaxies.

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Awesome Photo Shows James Webb Space Telescope in Deep Space Home

By Tony Ho Tran

It’s finally happening: the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will soon reach its forever home — but it needs to clear one last hurdle first.

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James Webb Space Telescope Is Reaching Its Final Destination Today

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is officially fully deployed, but it's not out of the woods just yet, because of space junk.

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NASA Says Space Debris Will Definitely Slam Into the James Webb Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope's golden primary mirror wings, or side panels, deployed and latched successfully.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Has Officially Started Unfolding Its Huge Golden Mirror

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In an animation, the James Webb Space Telescope is doing a seemingly chaotic loop-de-loop across the solar system. But there's method to the madness.

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s Orbit Is Gonna Be Absolutely Deranged

By Victor Tangermann

The James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit means we'll never see photos of it again.

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This Might Be the Last We Ever See of the James Webb Space Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

In spite of years of repeated delays, the James Webb Space Telescope's progress seems to be chugging along in kind.

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The James Webb Telescope Just Rolled Out Its First Mirror

By Noor Al-Sibai

Long before sending off NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on its long journey into deep space last month, engineers took the opportunity to take an epic group selfie.

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NASA Workers Took an Epic Selfie in Reflection of James Webb’s Giant Gold Mirrors

By Victor Tangermann

The massive sunshield protecting the James Webb Space Telescope from the Sun's heat is four days into unfurling, with several left to go until completion.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Is Officially Unfurling Its Mighty Sunshield

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The world's newest space telescope that's been decades in the making is supposedly going to take off on Christmas Day and you best believe the internet has something to say about it.

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Memers Rejoice and Troll as James Webb Space Telescope Allegedly Prepares For Liftoff

By Noor Al-Sibai

Astronomers are counting down the days until the launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope — and anxiety surrounding the long-awaited launch is rising.

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Scientists Incredibly Anxious About Space Telescope Launch

By Victor Tangermann

NASA delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday after its engineers discovered a communications glitch.

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Oops, NASA Delays James Webb Telescope Launch Due to Technical Glitch

By Tony Ho Tran

NASA is about to launch its James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers are absolutely mortified of a disaster if anything goes wrong.

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Scientists Are “Terrified” of NASA’s James Webb Telescope Launch

By Victor Tangermann

NASA announced on Monday that the controversial spacecraft has been loaded with a propellant it’ll use for its thrusters to move around while in orbit.

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The Mighty James Webb Space Telescope Is All Fueled Up for Launch

By Tony Ho Tran

The American Astronomical Society has penned a letter to NASA asking for a report of its investigation into the James Webb Space Telescope.

Influential Astronomers Call Out NASA For Telescope With Offensive Name

By Tony Ho Tran

After decades of delays and billions of dollar spent, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is encountering more hiccups ahead of its launch later this year.

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NASA Pushes Back James Webb Launch After Mysterious “Incident”

By Victor Tangermann

Once the James Webb Space Telescope got to an ESA spaceport, officials donned protective gear and took it out of its enormous box.

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Video Shows Glorious Unboxing of James Webb Space Telescope

By Jon Christian

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its launch site in French Guiana, where it will undergo final touchups before launching in December.

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NASA’s Scandal-Plagued James Webb Telescope Arrives at Launch Site

By Dan Robitzski

NASA advisor Licianne Walkowicz announced that she's resigning over NASA's refusal to seriously consider renaming the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA Adviser Resigns Over Giant Homophobic Telescope

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has decided to keep the name for the James Webb Space Telescope as -is despite criticism over the former Administrator's homophobic past.

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NASA Refuses to Rename Giant Homophobic Telescope

By Dan Robitzski

NASA finally announced a launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited orbital observatory meant to replace the aging Hubble.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finally Has a Launch Date

By Dan Robitzski

Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Open Its Massive, Golden Mirrors

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Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Open Its Massive, Golden Mirrors

By Tony Ho Tran

During a Reddit AMA, science communicator and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku said he expects we'll discover the theory of everything by the year 2100.

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Famed Physicist: Soon-To-Launch Telescope Likely to Discover Alien Life

By Tony Ho Tran

Astronomers say they've found a new kind of signal coming from our galaxy's supermassive black hole, which they think are rapidly-rotating flare ups.

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Stars Apparently Used to Be Way, Way, Way Bigger

By Tony Ho Tran

At a recent meeting about NASA's James Webb space telescope, engineers voiced their concern over pirates, as The Atlantic reports.

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NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

By Victor Tangermann