How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

For instance, the most distant objects in JWST's first deep-field ... in the Hubble image. By adding these colors to the images, scientists help the public appreciate the James Webb Space ...

Image source: NASA The NASA Roman Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2027, is a next-generation space observatory that will be used to complement and outdo the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

She warned that budget problems Hubble is facing now could be a harbinger for similar issues soon for the James Webb Space Telescope, also operated by STScI. “Webb is not immune from the current ...

100 years ago, Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help. If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

This discrepancy between model and data became known as the Hubble tension. Now, results published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provide even stronger support to the faster rate of expansion.

An illustration of the James Webb ... Giant mirror: Webb's mirror, which captures light, is over 21 feet across. That's over two-and-a-half times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror.

Capturing images of individual stars in distant galaxies has generally been considered impossible for decades. But NASA’s ...

Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of detailed images of our vast galactic neighbor, creating the largest-ever photomosaic of the galaxy. It took over 10 ...