So, the curved shape that made the question mark could be a tidal tail. The image taken by the telescope, released last month, shows Herbig-Haro 46/47, which is a star forming cloud, Caplan explained.

An image of the question mark found amid the background of a recent JWST image of Herbig-Haro 46/47. (Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA. Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)) ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a pair of actively forming stars. But many people are more curious about the tiny question mark visible toward the bottom of the frame.

In August 2023, an image of outer space went viral on social media because it allegedly documented a mysterious formation in the shape of a "question mark." NASA's James Webb telescope has spotted ...

Last year, the James Webb Space Telescope fortuitously spotted the unmistakable shape of a question mark across the sky. The uncanny feature was captured lurking at the bottom of an image of a ...

A near-infrared light image made by the James Webb Space Telescope of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, had at the bottom of the frame an apparent question mark.

More than a year after what appeared to be a question mark in deep space was highlighted in an image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA is revealing new information about the ...

The “Question Mark Pair” is an optical illusion created by two galaxies that astronomers have observed in deep space with the James Webb Space Telescope.

A cosmic question mark appears amid a powerful gravitational lens in the James Webb Space Telescope’s wide-field view of the galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154.