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James Webb Space Telescope

Saturday, December 02

World's biggest telescope gives us a new angle on galaxy's biggest planet

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before – auroras and all.

Dying star among stunning images from new NASA telescope

NASA has unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star.

This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus. (NASA/ESA/CSA via AP)

The greatest view: $15b telescope takes us closer to 'dawn of time' than ever

Our view of the universe just expanded, with the first image from NASA’s new space telescope brimming with galaxies and offering the deepest ever look at the cosmos.

Greatest view: Space probe's perfect parking spot for peek into past

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe – has arrived at its gravitational parking spot in orbit around the sun, almost 1.6 million kilometres from earth.