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Webb Pinpoints First Supernova Progenitor, a Dusty Red Supergiant in NGC 1637

Infrared imaging exposed a carbon-rich shroud that hid the star from Hubble, sharpening evidence that dust obscures massive progenitors.

Webb Delivers Sharpest Contiguous Map of Dark Matter’s Cosmic Web

Webb Delivers Sharpest Dark-Matter Map, Revealing the Universe’s Hidden Scaffold

Webb NIRCam Reveals Helix Nebula’s Cometary Knots in Unprecedented Detail

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

JWST Reveals Nine Distant ‘Platypus’ Galaxies With Star-Like Profiles and Galaxy-Like Spectra

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

JWST Detects Chemical Fingerprint of Primordial 'Monster Stars' in Early Galaxy

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

JWST Reveals 'Alaknanda,' a Milky Way–Like Spiral 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang

JWST Study Flags Four Possible ‘Dark Stars,’ Including One With Tentative Helium Signature

JWST Identifies Dust-Hidden Red Supergiant as Progenitor of Supernova SN2025pht

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

Webb Reveals Pismis 24’s Turbulent Stellar Nursery in Striking NIRCam Image

Webb Traces Planet-Building Dust from Butterfly Nebula to ‘Butterfly Star’ Disk

Webb Releases Multiwavelength View of the 'Butterfly Star,' Revealing Dust Settling in a Planet-Building Disk

Webb Reveals Butterfly Nebula’s Hidden Core and Planet-Building Dust

Brightest Fast Radio Burst Precisely Located in Nearby Galaxy Using CHIME Outriggers