The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is a space telescope currently conducting infrared astronomy. As the largest optical telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. This enables investigations across many fields of astronomy and cosmology, such as observation of the first stars, the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characteriisation of potentially habitable exoplanets.
Best of JWST so far
Carina Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Megan Reiter (Rice University), with image processing by Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)
A Galactic Panoramic
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Pagan (STScI) & R. Jansen (ASU).
Pillars of Creation (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image)
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Galactic Get-Together
Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. Evan
Countdown to a New Star
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Webb Reveals IC 5332
Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST Teams
NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Lee (NOIRLab) and A. Pagan (STScI)
NASA’s Webb Uncovers New Details in Pandora’s Cluster
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh) and Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Webb Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry
Image Credit: ESA, CSA, and M. Zamani (ESA). Science: M. K. McClure (Leiden Observatory), F. Sun (Steward Observatory), Z. Smith (Open University), and the Ice Age ERS Team
he Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus (Composite: Infrared + X-ray)
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./L. Townsley et al.; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST ERO Production Team