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Artwork of K2-18b, a faraway world that may be home to life. Photo: Cambridge University
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Possible signs of life detected on distant planet, Cambridge researchers say

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have detected the presence of molecules in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b that, on Earth, are solely produced by...

A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70, obtained with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), displays a number of emission lines from water vapor. Scientists determined that the water is in the system’s inner disk, at distances of less than 100 million miles from the star – the region where rocky, terrestrial planets may be forming. Download the full-resolution version from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)
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James Webb telescope finds water vapour in distant planet-forming zone

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NASA to unveil new Webb image on telescope's first anniversary

The small, rocky planet observed by the James Webb Space Telescope is 41 light-years away, in the constellation Octans.Illustration via NASA
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Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope finds its first planet – and it is very similar to Earth

James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune's rings
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James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune's rings

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NASA's Webb Telescope captures clearest view of Neptune's rings after 33 years

James Webb Space Telescope: A brief history
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James Webb Space Telescope: A brief history

This landscape of "mountains" and "valleys" speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
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NASA reveals Webb Telescope's first images of the unseen universe

James Webb Space Telescope discovers the unknown
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers the unknown

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James Webb Telescope to release more breathtaking cosmic views

A cluster of young stars resembles an aerial burst, surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust, in a nebula NGC 3603 located in the constellation Carina, in this image captured in August 2009 and December 2009, and obtained September 26, 2018. NASA/ESA/R. O'Connell/F. Paresce/E. Young/Ames Research Center/WFC3 Science Oversight Committee/Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA/Handout via REUTERS
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NASA to showcase Webb space telescope's first full-color images

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
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NASA's next big space telescope set for blastoff from French Guiana