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With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope unveiled a stunning new image from the farthest reaches of space. This groundbreaking image ...

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...

The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...

HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

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