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.

The picture soon went viral on social media sites, ... The question mark's dot is an unrelated galaxy serendipitously present in the right place from the JWST's view.

Webb wasn't looking for a question mark. Here's the larger picture the telescope captured: The full picture shows what Webb was looking at in the first place: a pair of actively forming stars ...

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, ...

One of the latest observations made from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a trio of galaxies that form a shape resembling a question mark. And that’s really how astronomers feel ...

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)) ...

In 2021, a similar picture titled "Cosmic Question Mark" was published by NASA and Michigan Technological University. (Yizhou Zhang) ...