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Webb Snaps A Highly Detailed Infrared Image Of Actively Forming Stars

by SpaceRef July 27, 2023July 15, 2024

These three objects (JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and JADES-GS-z11-0) were originally identified as galaxies in December 2022 by the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). Now, a team including Katherine Freese at The University of Texas at Austin speculate they might actually be “dark stars,” theoretical objects much bigger and brighter than our sun, powered by particles of dark matter annihilating. Image credit: NASA/ESA

James Webb Telescope Catches Glimpse Of Possible First-ever Dark Stars

by SpaceRef July 17, 2023July 15, 2024

The first anniversary image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. It is a relatively small, quiet stellar nursery, but you’d never know it from Webb’s chaotic close-up. Jets bursting from young stars crisscross the image, impacting the surrounding interstellar gas and lighting up molecular hydrogen, shown in red. Some stars display the telltale shadow of a circumstellar disk, the makings of future planetary systems. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI) Download the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals

Webb’s Stunning View Of Rho Ophiuchi

by SpaceRef July 12, 2023July 15, 2024

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NGC 3256 As Seen By James Webb Space Telescope

by SpaceRef July 3, 2023July 15, 2024

Saturn’s iconic rings seem to glow eerily in this incredible infrared picture, which also unveils unexpected features in Saturn’s atmosphere.

Webb Space Telescope Reveals Astonishing Saturn And Its Rings

by SpaceRef June 30, 2023July 15, 2024

This image taken by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows a part of the Orion Nebula known as the Orion Bar. It is a region where energetic ultraviolet light from the Trapezium Cluster — located off the upper-left corner — interacts with dense molecular clouds. The energy of the stellar radiation is slowly eroding the Orion Bar, and this has a profound effect on the molecules and chemistry in the protoplanetary disks that have formed around newborn stars here. Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), and the PDRs4All ERS Team

Webb Makes First Detection Of Crucial Carbon Molecule

by SpaceRef June 26, 2023July 15, 2024

This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was taken for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, program. It shows a portion of an area of the sky known as GOODS-South, which has been well studied by the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. More than 45,000 galaxies are visible here. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Marcia Rieke (University of Arizona), Daniel Eisenstein (CfA). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Larger image

Early Universe Crackled With Bursts Of Star Formation, Webb Shows

by SpaceRef June 6, 2023July 15, 2024

This image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068 is a composite from two of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments, MIRI and NIRCam. Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team

Webb Space Telescope Views The Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5068

by SpaceRef June 2, 2023July 15, 2024

This artist’s concept of Comet 238P/Read shows the main belt comet sublimating—its water ice vaporizing as its orbit approaches the Sun. This is significant, as the sublimation is what distinguishes comets from asteroids, creating their distinctive tail and hazy halo, or coma. The James Webb Space Telescope’s detection of water vapor at Comet Read is a major benchmark in the study of main belt comets, and in the broader investigation of the origin of Earth’s abundant water. Credits: NASA, ESA

Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

by SpaceRef May 15, 2023July 15, 2024

This image of the dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhaut is from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). It reveals three nested belts extending out to 14 billion miles (23 billion kilometers) from the star. The inner belts were revealed by Webb for the first time. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Gáspár (University of Arizona). Image processing: A. Pagan (STScI)

Webb Looks For Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt And Finds Much More

by SpaceRef May 8, 2023July 15, 2024