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New JWST images show Helix Nebula in astonishing clarity
Scientific American 21 Jan 2026
A fresh look at the Helix Nebula captures new details of the cycle of stellar life and death ... .
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JWST could finally spot the very first stars in the universe
Scientific American 20 Jan 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope should soon be able to spot the first generation of stars in space ... .
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act ...
Space 20 Jan 2026
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Astronomers Discover Gigantic Iron Bar Running Through Ring Nebula
PetaPixel 20 Jan 2026
It's one of the most eye-catching objects in the Universe, but now astronomers have identified an unexpected structure inside the Ring Nebula. [Read More] ... .
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SpaceX Launches New NASA Telescope to Help JWST Study Exoplanets
Slashdot 18 Jan 2026
Last week a University of Arizona astronomy professor "watched anxiously...as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit." ... Astronomers have a trick to study exoplanet atmospheres ... .
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JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes
SpaceDaily 15 Jan 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2026.
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Webb Space Telescope’s Special Aperture Turns One Sensor Into Seven
PetaPixel 13 Jan 2026
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Dark star theory links JWST early universe anomalies
SpaceDaily 12 Jan 2026
... key puzzles from the cosmic dawn revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
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As puzzling as a platypus: The JWST finds some hard to categorize objects
Phys Dot Org 11 Jan 2026
The research team started with a sample of about 2,000 point sources from three different JWST surveys ... The powerful JWST captured spectra from these sources, and those spectra did not line up with spectra from known objects.
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JWST Spots Distant Objects So Odd They Have Been Nicknamed "Platypus Galaxies", 12.6 Billion Years In The Universe's Past
IFL Science 08 Jan 2026
Astronomers looking at data from the JWST, humanity's most powerful space telescope, have found a number of objects in the distant universe so odd that they have been dubbed "platypus galaxies".The rest of this article is behind a paywall.
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The 2026 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' starts today — here's what's happening
Space 05 Jan 2026
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will take center stage ....
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A Giant Volcano Off The Coast Of Oregon Is Scheduled To Erupt In 2026, JWST Finds The Best Evidence Yet Of A Lava World With A Thick Atmosphere, And Much More This Week
IFL Science 03 Jan 2026
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Super-Puff Planet Leaking a Giant Helium Cloud, Spotted
Colombia One 02 Jan 2026
The team used JWST’s Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph, known as NIRISS. It measures tiny changes in starlight as a planet transits, then connects those changes to chemical fingerprints from the planet’s atmosphere..
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