"The James Webb Space Telescope will give us a fresh and powerful set of eyes to examine our universe," Smith wrote in an update on NASA's website. "The world is about to be new again." ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest, most powerful, and most expensive telescope ever to be sent into space, and it's named after Granville County native and UNC graduate James E. Webb ...

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen during a media unveiling at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland November 2, 2016.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo© Kevin ...

Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. That’s exactly what NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is built to do.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.

Aug. 7 (UPI) -- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the solar system closest to Earth, the administration announced Thursday.

NASA's very productive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found compelling evidence for a new planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest stellar neighbor. This potential gas giant ...

The James Webb Space Telescope found a "figure-eight" galaxy with a possible newborn supermassive black hole (SMBH). This SMBH may have formed quickly from a colliding gas cloud, unlike the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. NASA’s next astrophysics flagship mission, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will soon be ready to explore the universe, but will scientists ...