Video Puts into Perspective How Powerful the James Webb Telescope Is
Last week, NASA shared a photo captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's guidance camera that, while imperfect, is the deepest image ever captured of the universe so far.
Last week, NASA shared a photo captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's guidance camera that, while imperfect, is the deepest image ever captured of the universe so far.
NASA has revealed the cosmic objects that will be shown when it releases the first full-color photos captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12.
NASA has released a new image that was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS), the tool the observatory finds and locks onto targets, which provides a glimpse of the telescope's incredible imaging prowess.
NASA has announced that the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, the second of the James Webb Space Telescope's four primary scientific instruments, has concluded its preparations and is ready to start capturing the universe.
The images released from the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12 will be the deepest view of the universe ever taken, and some scientists say they've been brought to tears by the photographs.
The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, and a countdown clock has been added to the telescope's website.
The James Webb Space Telescope's alignment is now complete and is confirmed to be able to capture sharp, perfectly crisp images with all four of its instruments.
NASA has announced that the James Webb telescope has completed the fourth and fifth stages of its alignment and scientists say that the performance of its imaging system is at or beyond their most optimistic expectations.
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached another major milestone in its mirror alignment process as the team has successfully worked through the second and third phases of the process and completed Segment Alignment.
The James Webb Space Telescope is currently in the midst of the months-long mirror calibration process before it starts to capture in-focus images, but NASA has released the first photo it took that verifies it is in great working condition.
The camera system on the James Webb Space Telescope is fully online and operational, and NASA has begun the process of aligning the mirrors so that it can begin to capture its first photos.
Astrophotographer Jason Guenzel captured a photo of the James Webb Space Telescope as it flew through space toward its final distant parking orbit. The image was captured while the telescope was 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles) away.
Amateur astrophotographer Ethan Gone went out recently to shoot a nebula and ended up creating a time-lapse of the newly-launched James Webb Space Telescope flying through space.
NASA is set to launch the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the successor to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope, on December 25, and what it will be first set to observe was determined from more than 1,000 proposals.
NASA's soon-to-be-launched James Webb Telescope is set to fly into space this month and begin its tasks of collecting infrared light from the distant corners of the cosmos. But to do so, it needs to get very, very cold.
Infrared imagery has shown its value in many different respects: from keeping an eye on photosynthesis to lending a new perspective on a decades-long humanitarian disaster. But did you know that the future of outer space imagery also lies in infrared technology?
The James Webb Space Telescope, which is set to launch in 2018, is an infrared telescope that is primed to see much further than even Hubble ever could, piercing into the furthest reaches of our cosmos and answering questions we may not have even thought to ask yet.
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a monumental discovery, finding evidence for a neutron star at the heart of a young supernova remnant.
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) upended beliefs about the fundamental nature of the Universe, delivering evidence that the Universe was not slowing down, as gravity seemingly implied it must be, but expanding. 25 years later, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can help scientists make another breakthrough.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies as part of its long-term Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program.
The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a region of ionized interstellar atomic hydrogen in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) this week, delivering one of Webb's most colorful photos yet.
NASA and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have teamed up on two new Priority Mail stamps that celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST/Webb).
While the James Webb Space Telescope has been busy helping scientists solve some of the greatest mysteries of the early Universe, the powerful telescope has also found that many distant galaxies have flattened oval disk and tube-like shapes, unlike the spiral and elliptical structures that are more typically seen in closer galaxies.
While the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered many beautiful images, its primary mission is to probe the early Universe and help humanity solve some of the most significant questions it faces. Webb has delivered on this promise by revealing, for the first time, what is in the local environment of galaxies in the very earliest days of the Universe.
The James Webb Space Telescope has an early Christmas present for space enthusiasts: A stunning new photo of the ice giant Uranus.
Even as telescopes and observatories uncover more details about space, it remains mysterious. One puzzle revolves around the "smallest object that can form in a star-like manner," according to NASA. With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have identified a new record holder for that category: a free-floating brown dwarf.
In April, the James Webb Space Telescope kick-started a new era of investigation into Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a prototypical supernova remnant that has been the subject of extensive study by numerous telescopes. Today, researchers shared another view of Cas A that has stunned astronomers.
Among the most incredible spectacles in deep space are Herbig-Haro (HH) objects: bright patches of the interstellar medium associated with newborn stars, also known as protostars. Webb has imaged HH 797, capturing one of the best images of a Herbig-Haro object.
The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals an incredibly dense region of the center of the Milky Way galaxy in unprecedented detail, showing never-before-seen features of Earth's neighborhood that astronomers still cannot explain.
Despite the somewhat familiar narrative that the James Webb Space Telescope has been built to supplant the aging Hubble Space Telescope, the two orbiting observatories regularly collaborate. Scientists have now combined data from Hubble and Webb to create the most colorful view of the Universe ever.
It has been a busy week for the James Webb Space Telescope. Fresh images of the Crab Nebula and the Messier 83 spiral galaxy have been shared, showcasing incredible new views of the cosmos.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a high-speed jet stream in Jupiter's lower stratosphere, approximately 25 miles above the planet's clouds.
Among the James Webb Space Telescope's many scientific objectives are providing astronomers and physicists unprecedented looks at areas where stars are being born. These stellar nurseries are not only of great scientific importance, but they are also visually spectacular.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an image of Herbig-Haro 211 that is an "infantile analog" of the Sun when it was just a baby star with a mass of about one-twelfth the present-day Sun.
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the Ring Nebula in spectacular, unprecedented detail using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) imagers.
The James Webb Space Telescope YouTube channel released a fascinating new video this week that explains how Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) science visuals developers Joe DePasquale and Alyssa Pagan transform Webb's black-and-white image data into full-color composites.
The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a colorful image of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Using its Near InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), Webb observed different aspects of NGC 6822, including gas-rich regions and specific organic compounds critical for star and planetary formation.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing image of Herbig-Haro 46/47 using its near-infrared instrument, NIRCam. The image, processed by Joe DePasquale of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), showcases a "tightly bound pair of actively forming stars" in brilliant detail and color.
The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating its first year of scientific operations in style through a massive 153-megapixel image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.
While people in Canada and the United States recently celebrated national holidays with fireworks, the James Webb Space Telescope observed a violent cosmic explosion more than 120 million light-years from Earth.
An international team of scientists has used the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible imaging instruments to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. The compound, known as methyl cation (CH3+), is a vital molecule for more complex carbon-based molecules.