Webb telescope snaps a galactic park of dancing stars

The James Webb Space Telescope, working at the Lagrange Point 2 of the Sun-Earth system, has captured a crowded field of galaxies. The image is covered with Webb’s signature six-pointed diffraction spikes with the large spiral galaxy at the base accompanied by a profusion of smaller, more distant galaxies. Named LEDA…

Webb telescope marks Christmas with star-filled portrait from deep space

The James Webb Telescope has changed our understanding of the universe in less than a year of its scientific operations as it marks its first anniversary in the vacuum of space. The spacecraft has beamed back a new image of a glowing six-pointed star to mark Christmas. The image shows NGC 7469, a luminous, face-on…