That question mark, our profound cosmic ignorance, is one of the great gifts of science. Dennis Overbye joined The Times in 1998, and has been a reporter since 2001.

Scientists say the question-mark-shaped structure seen in a new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is likely the merger of two or more galaxies. (J. DePasquale / NASA, ESA, CSA,) ...

Two of our galaxy’s most famous stars were recently photobombed by what appears to be a celestial question mark. The symbol was spotted in a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

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.

Their interactions may have caused the distorted question mark-shape,” representatives of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which manages the telescope’s science operations ...

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.

SPACE – A new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is leading to a giant question – or moreover one about a giant question mark.The photo was released by the European Space Agency on July 26.

The question mark can be found near the bottom-center of the image. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. DePasquale (STScI), CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) The James Webb Space Telescope recently celebrated one year of ...

A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — and scientists think they know what it might be ...

The image, released last week, shows Herbig-Haro 46/47, and an apparent question mark in deep space (as shown by yellow indicators at bottom center) Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Gizmodo The unexpected ...