James Webb dives into the heart of the Milky Way to study star formation
Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...
Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments
Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 ...
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Webb telescope captures images, insight from one of Milky Way’s most extreme environments
In new images, scientists have gotten the close look yet at Sagittarius C—a "stellar nursery" where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.
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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...
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Tiny brown dwarfs discovered inside the Flame Nebula
A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.