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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...

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NASA’s James Webb Telescope captures the "Cosmic Owl," a rare galactic formation resembling an owl’s face. See stunning images.

NASA has just released a new documentary about the most powerful space telescope ever built, and you can watch it now.

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Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

Readers doubtless know that metals expand when heated. As explained in a NASA blog post that’s a problem for space telescopes ...

Last week the James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of what they believe to be a previously unknown exoplanet ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.