Webb Highlights the Velvet-Like Lining of Dust Throughout This Star-Forming Region, Including Shells Around Actively Forming Stars As seen here, the Pillars of Creation appear…
This image from the James Webb Space Telescope showcases an entwined pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 1623. It lies approximately 270 million light-years…
Near-Infrared Light Uncovers Vast Populations of Forming Stars, Many Still Encased in Dust NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured this glittering view of…
A new Webb image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance….
“We got more than we bargained for by combining data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope!” New data from Webb…
First Time Webb and Hubble Make Simultaneous Observations of the Same Target Two of NASA’s great observatories had a front-row seat to a groundbreaking NASA…
James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of the Orion Nebula, the richest and closest star nursery to our solar system, have just been revealed by…
Webb Space Telescope Infrared Observations Tease Out Never Seen Atmospheric and Ring Details At an average distance of 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from…
Mid-Infrared Instrument Operations Update The James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has four observing modes. During setup for a science observation on August 24, a mechanism that…
On September 5, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars. The powerful telescope provides a unique perspective with its…
Refining current opacity models will be key to extracting details of exoplanet properties — and signs of life — in data from the powerful new…
New Webb pictures reveal spectacular view of Orion Nebula James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has again demonstrated its incredible power by capturing the most detailed…
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a stamp celebrating NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope. As the world’s premier space science observatory, Webb is the…
A New Story of Star Formation Unfolds NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope presents a new perspective on the Tarantula Nebula, or 30 Doradus, a region…
For the first time ever, astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The…
New Tracks Combine Science and Art, Improving Experiences for Blind and Low-Vision Communities A team of experts, including scientists and musicians, has created a new…
Incredible new images of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. In this case, data from…
NASA’s Webb ushers in a new era of exoplanet science with the first unequivocal detection of carbon dioxide in a planetary atmosphere outside our solar…
