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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists witnessed a brilliant light show at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Scientists Turned the James Webb to Examine Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy and Saw Something Wild

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have determined that a supermassive black hole is starving a galaxy of essential materials to make new stars.
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Scientists Spot Giant Black Hole Destroying Galaxy

By Sharon Adarlo

A gigantic, metallic asteroid called 16 Psyche in our solar system is chock full of precious rare metals and rust.
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Ultra Valuable Asteroid Appears to be Rusting, James Webb Images Reveal

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have published a new paper in the journal Nature about an exoplanet called HD 189733b, which smells like rotten eggs.
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Scientists Say This Nasty Planet Stinks to High Heaven

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope claim they have found two of the most distant galaxies in the universe.
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James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed

By Sharon Adarlo

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers observed the birth of some of the youngest galaxies ever witnessed.
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James Webb Just Observed the Universe’s Youngest Galaxies Being Born

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have uncovered evidence of an exoplanet covered entirely with water that's hot enough to boil an egg.
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Scientists Intrigued by Water Planet Where Ocean Appears to Be Boiling

By Sharon Adarlo

Experts quoted in a The Spectator piece about the James Webb discovering "alien life" say they've been taken out of context.
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Experts Push Back Against Rumors of James Webb Life Detection

By Victor Tangermann

A new occupational hazard for astronomers just dropped — and it's all because the James Webb Space Telescope is, perhaps, a little too good at its job.
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Astronomers Complain That the JWST Is Producing Too Much Data, Too Fast

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of astronomers has clapped back at a NASA report claiming that it had found no evidence that the original James Webb was homophobic.
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Experts Excoriate NASA Report Claiming James Webb Wasn’t Homophobic

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the James Webb Space Telescope's most important instruments had been offline for months — but it's now been brought back to full functionality. 
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NASA Fixes Months-Long Issue With James Webb Telescope

By Noor Al-Sibai

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again — and this time, its stunning image looks a lot like a human fingerprint.
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James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Starlight “Fingerprint”

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

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

Hackers are using James Webb Space Telescope image files to spread malware on Windows computers, according to cybersecurity firm Securonix.
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Devious Hackers Are Hiding Malware in a James Webb Image

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