https://www.iflscience.com/a-giant-volcano-off-the-coast-of-oregon-is-scheduled-to-erupt-in-2026-jwst-finds-the-best-evidence-yet-of-a-lava-world-with-a-thick-atmosphere-and-much-more-this-week-82088
All the biggest science news stories of the week.
giantvolcanocoastoregonscheduled
https://t3n.de/news/jwst-entdeckt-phosphin-brauner-zwerg-biosignatur-korrektur-1715933/
Nov 10, 2025 - Mit dem James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop ist Forscher:innen eine Beobachtung in 54 Lichtjahren Entfernung gelungen, die bisherige Annahmen zur Planeten-Chemie...
jwstzwergdebatteumleben
https://www.iflscience.com/jwst-finds-the-best-evidence-yet-of-a-lava-world-with-a-thick-atmosphere-82055
Hot on the heels of 55 Cancri e, the JWST has found even more convincing evidence for a rocky world with a thick atmosphere, but you wouldn’t want to live...
jwstfindsbestevidenceyet
https://www.popsci.com/science/james-webb-telescope-images/
Jul 12, 2023 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has gifted us some remarkable images, capturing Saturn's rings and the shine of distant galaxies.
remarkablejwstimagesrevealwonders
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rigby-scientist-jwst-lgbtq-astronomers
Aug 10, 2023 - Rigby, senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, believes being part of the LGBTQ+ community has made her a better astronomer.
meet janerigbyseniorprojectscientist
https://www.lescienze.it/comunicati-stampa/2025/12/16/news/oltre_il_bozzolo_di_polvere_jwst_svela_la_doppia_anima_delle_protostella_hh46-20753238/
Grazie allo sguardo infrarosso del James Webb Space Telescope, un team guidato da Maria Gabriela Navarro (INAF) è riuscito per la prima volta a “vedere”...
ildijwstladoppia
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-jwst-hunts-dark-matter-in-stunning-image-of-bullet-cluster/
Sep 12, 2025 - A swarm of galaxies called the Bullet Cluster is the biggest, best natural laboratory for studying dark matter that astronomers have ever seen
dark matterjwsthuntsstunningimage
https://www.popsci.com/science/new-rogue-worlds/
Aug 27, 2024 - 'We are probing the very limits of the star forming process.'
jwstspotssixnewrogue
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/312741/20251117/james-webb-discoveries-unveiled-new-space-findings-reveal-secrets-jwst-early-universe-cosmic.htm
Nov 17, 2025 - Discover James Webb discoveries revealing the JWST early universe, cosmic dawn insights, and groundbreaking new space findings that transform our understanding...
james webbnew spacediscoveriesunveiledfindings
https://www.br.de/fernsehen/ard-alpha/sendungen/space-night-science/space-night-science-beitrag-jwst-die-bilder-100.html
Feb 1, 2025 - Das James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop hat uns in den vergangenen drei Jahren eindrucksvoll gezeigt, wie wunderschön der Kosmos ist. Aber wie entstehen diese Bilder...
ard alphaspacenightsciencejwst
https://www.azoquantum.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=386
New data from the JWST has provided insights into the atmospheric composition of the exoplanet WASP-39B. What does this breakthrough mean for our understanding...
jwstinvestigatesdeepexoplanetatmosphere
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/312756/20251118/oldest-galaxies-jwst-discovered-james-webbs-groundbreaking-insights-early-galaxies-galaxy.htm
Nov 18, 2025 - Discover how JWST's groundbreaking observations of the oldest galaxies reveal new insights into early galaxies discovery and transform our understanding...
james webboldestgalaxiesjwstdiscovered
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251009033233.htm
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a massive red supergiant star just before it exploded, finally solving a cosmic mystery. Hidden beneath layers of...
jwstspotshiddenredexploded
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/oxygen-jwst-most-distant-galaxies/
In a galaxy less than 300 million years after the Big Bang, oxygen's presence abounds. That's expected; its absence would truly be profound.
oxygenjwstdistantgalaxies
https://www.iflscience.com/the-surprisingly-scientific-events-that-occurred-on-christmas-day-81840
December 25 turns out to be a surprisingly busy day for science.
first everhalleycometreturnsjwst
https://spaceexplored.com/2022/07/26/hubble-vs-jwst/
Jul 26, 2022 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescopes photos have wowed the world. Here we compare the photos taken by JWST versus Hubble.
hubbleversusjwstphotos
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst-photos-reveal-bizarre-physics-of-supernova-explosions/
Apr 8, 2025 - The best view yet of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals new secrets
scientific americanjwstphotosrevealbizarre
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/trick-jwst-images/
If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it's a JWST image or any other observatory.
trickjwstimagesinstantbig
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/312794/20251119/jwst-reveals-breakthroughs-exoplanet-chemistry-alien-atmospheres-exploring-james-webb-space.htm
Nov 19, 2025 - JWST atmospheres reveal breakthrough exoplanet chemistry, uncovering alien worlds' atmospheric secrets through James Webb space science innovations and...
jwstrevealsbreakthroughsexoplanetchemistry
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst-spots-signs-of-exomoon-birth-in-alien-planets-disk/
Dec 3, 2025 - Scientists found evidence of a distant planet’s moon system forming
jwstspotssignsexomoonbirth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66010-5?error=cookies_not_supported&code=7dfb1b65-eb8b-49a4-9a53-61be2db2314b
Jan 13, 2026 - Active galactic nuclei are surrounded by a dusty and molecular disk that fuels supermassive black holes and connects them to their host galaxies. Here, the...
jwstimagingrevealsdusty
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwsts-first-glimpses-of-early-galaxies-could-break-cosmology/
Feb 20, 2024 - The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the distant universe shocked astronomers. Is the discovery of unimaginably distant galaxies a mirage or a...
jwstfirstglimpsesearlygalaxies
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102011152.htm
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot...
jwstcapturesstunningviewscorching
https://aasnova.org/2026/01/21/jwst-follows-up-grb-250702b/
Jan 21, 2026 - Lasting multiple hours and featuring several bursts, GRB 250702B is a rare, powerful, and unusual gamma-ray burst. What do JWST observations tell us about the...
jwstfollowsraregammaray
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02666-9?error=cookies_not_supported&code=7581899d-7aa7-4a66-8499-6eadccb2ae28
Oct 28, 2025 - JWST data show that the exoplanet WASP-18b has thermally distinct regions of its dayside. The authors mapped the sizes of these regions, measured their...
horizontalverticalexoplanetthermalstructure
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251014014430.htm
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion-powered suns, but enormous...
jwstmayfoundfirststars
https://es.gizmodo.com/un-agujero-negro-del-amanecer-cosmico-no-deberia-existir-jwst-revela-un-monstruo-que-crecio-mas-rapido-que-su-propia-galaxia-2000207265
Nov 28, 2025 - Astrónomos han encontrado un agujero negro supermasivo en una galaxia diminuta y primitiva del universo temprano. Con 100 millones de masas solares,...
agujero negroundelamanecerjwst
https://www.iflscience.com/jwst-discovers-a-milky-way-like-spiral-galaxy-where-it-shouldnt-exist-81780
We need to rethink how, and how quickly, galaxies come to be.
jwstdiscoversspiralgalaxylike
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/313320/20251214/james-webb-photos-ultimate-jwst-image-guide-space-infrared-telescope-images.htm
Dec 14, 2025 - Learn to decode James Webb photos with this JWST image guide, offering clear space image explanation and beginner-friendly insights into stunning infrared...
james webbphotosultimatejwstimage
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/312895/20251122/how-jwst-infrared-technology-reveals-cosmic-dust-hidden-every-other-telescope.htm
Nov 22, 2025 - JWST infrared technology pierces cosmic dust with unmatched clarity, revealing hidden star nurseries and structures no previous telescope could capture.
jwstinfraredtechnologyrevealscosmic
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jwst-earliest-galaxy-reionization
Apr 1, 2025 - The galaxy, called JADES-GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.
jwstspotsearliestsignyet
https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/jwst-makes-1st-ever-detection-of-complex-organic-molecules-around-star-in-galaxy-beyond-our-milky-way
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted complex organic molecules around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud
jwstmakeskeydetectioncomplex
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/alma-and-jwst-solve-major-star-formation-mystery-space-photo-of-the-week
For the first time ever, astronomers revealed the birthplace of an energetic jet blasted by a newborn star using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...
star formationalmajwstsolvemajor
https://bigthink.com/13-8/james-webb-space-telescope-life-chemistry-strange-world/
Scientists may have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet called K2-18 b, which is 120 light-years from Earth.
strange worldjwstfindspromisinglife
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/jwst-lens-survey-save-expanding-universe/
The VENUS survey isn't about planets at all, but about finding multiply lensed supernovae. The ambition? To save the expanding Universe.
newjwstlenssurveysave
https://interestingengineering.com/space/black-holes-born-before-stars-jwst-finds
Jan 3, 2026 - This object is spotted in a galaxy called Abell 2744-QSO1. It lived just 700 million years after the Big Bang and already had a mass about 50 million times...
black holesbornstarsjwstfinds
https://www.azoquantum.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=398
The most powerful telescope ever devised zoomed in on the dynamic star-forming region NGC 346 for a clue as to how stars were born in the early universe.
star formationjwststudiessmallcloud