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The discovery has scientists excited about the possibility of alien life on icy Enceladus, one of Saturn's 100-plus moons.

Stars containing higher levels of heavier elements may have orbiting planets that are less hospitable to life, researchers have found.

The planet, VHS 1256 b, is a gas giant around 40 light years away from Earth. It has water, carbon dioxide and methane in its swirling silicate dust clouds.

We have found over 5,000 exoplanets so far outside of our solar system, and the James Webb Telescope will help scientists find planets with atmospheres.

The new images reveal "little dots" in the background that are all galaxies, according to Rebecca Larson, one of the scientists involved in the findings.

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Scientists want to book the James Webb Space Telescope to take a closer look at the planet as soon as possible.

The study by Webb will be the "most important" exoplanet probe for years to come as scientists look for life on other planets.

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"I wanted to share the emotions these gorgeous images brought out in me" astrophysicist Skylar Grayson, who was brought to tears, told Newsweek.

The groundbreaking new telescope, which was launched in 2021, shares its orbit with a fellow space observatory which recently snapped its photo.

The new image released by the groundbreaking telescope is its clearest one yet, showing a bright star and distant galaxies.

NASA is preparing the telescope's 21ft golden mirror, which will allow astronomers to stare deeper into the universe and further back in time than ever before.

The telescope could potentially spot artificially produced gasses, which would lead to more information regarding life on other planets.

The telescope has been photographed from Earth preparing to fully deploy the primary mirror that will help it to look further back in time than ever before.

Engineers tested the idea of putting cameras on board the space telescope to monitor its deployment, but decided they would have presented some problems.

The James Webb telescope still hasn't reached its desired orbit but it has covered more than half of its near million-mile journey through space.

The telescope will be tracked across the sky in January as it heads to its final destination, from where it will look further back in time than ever before.

The groundbreaking new telescope is currently on a journey hundreds of thousands of miles away from Earth.

The groundbreaking space telescope, which will peer even further into space than Hubble, is now tantalizingly close to its Christmas Day launch.

Hubble has given us some of the most breathtaking space images ever, and its successor, James Webb, will be able to peer even deeper into the cosmos.

Decades in the making, James Webb will also help us to understand what the universe was like a few hundred million years after its birth.

The telescope that has been decades in the making could help astronomers solve some of the Universe's biggest mysteries.

NASA will launch the James Webb Space Telescope on Friday, then it will travel and prepare for six months before beginning work.

The space agency's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope is due to push the boundaries of astronomy, but concerns have been raised about its namesake.

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The exoplanet is 110 light-years from Earth and was discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft in 2015.

NASA's James Webb Telescope will open up an entirely new avenue for searching for extraterrestrial life.

TESS may uncover planets that have the right conditions for life to exist.

"Failure is not an option," NASA officials said of the expensive telescope launch.