The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into the deepest cosmos and reveal new insights about the early universe. But it's also examining intriguing planets in our galaxy, along with the planets and moons in our solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a collision between two galaxies that appears to have created a beaming smile in space.

Now, the powerful space telescope has pushed it to the edge closer to home in our very own galaxy, the Milky Way. A team of astronomers has pointed the JWST at the outskirts of the Milky Way, observing a region scientists call the "Extreme Outer Galaxy."

Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a distant zone dubbed the "Extreme Outer Galaxy," and zoomed in on dense cosmic clouds containing clusters of stars. In unprecedented resolution of this region, they spotted vibrant star formation, and potent jets of material ejecting from these hot objects.

The James Webb Space Telescope has recorded spectacular images of star formation in the extreme outer reaches of the Milky Way. Here's a look.

New infrared image highlights star formation triggered by merger-in-progress. Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies, shines brightly in high-resolution infrared light. A collision, which occurred hundreds of millions ago,

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope depicts the "extreme outer galaxy" in unprecedented detail, NASA researchers say.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a collision between a spiral galaxy and an elliptical galaxy. Together, they form a system known as Arp 107. Although this object had been studied before,

The James Webb Space Telescope has photographed the collision between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy, providing detailed data on the Arp 107 system. Thanks to modern technology, astronomers can now more precisely analyze this cosmic event.