NASA Webb Telescope

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) - enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe - were first discovered in 2007.

Their origins are difficult to pinpoint, but Webb found the host galaxy to the most distant FRB seen to date.

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Happy World Space Week!

If you're searching up space facts today, you might run into our newest image! 👇

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Brewing up new stars 🪄

Webb’s unique view of the stellar nursery known as NGC 7129 reveals numerous stars formerly hidden in this cosmic cauldron, helping astronomers study the star lifecycle in more depth.

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They say planet formation’s a cruel endeavor

Violent collisions, like that between a proto-Earth and a Mars-sized object named Theia 4.5 billion years ago, shaped our home planet. Webb is helping compare other young stellar systems to our own. go.nasa.gov/4rL1UpN

Seeing double… or quadruple! 👀

In this Webb image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, gravitational lensing shows us 4 or more images of the same galaxy. This is the first time researchers have spotted this more than once in the same galaxy cluster!

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Free downloadable mini poster of Webb's look at Centaurus A!
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Within this star-forming nebula (captured by Webb) are the smallest brown dwarfs ever detected. Neither planet nor star, these objects are formed like stars, raising questions about the star formation process. go.nasa.gov/4y7RVwU

Scientists used Webb and @NASAHubble to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects, unexpectedly finding that the number and colors followed the same relationships as their larger family members.

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“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are.” - Dolly Parton ✨

An irregular galaxy might seem like an odd place for so many new stars to shine, yet multitudes are forming within the gas that crowds Arp 263.

How close is too close to a black hole? Asking for a friend. 😬

Webb just revealed dust and water surviving in the extreme environment of a star located near our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*!
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What animal do you see in this Webb image?!

A bird? An elephant? A giraffe? Let your imagination run wild!

This is Webb’s infrared view of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs, which was one of the first images released by Webb.

It's the circle of life…

Webb's look at the Lion Nebula, the remains of a dying lower-mass star, is in both the mid and near-infrared. Though massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, lower-mass stars shed their outer layers.

Technical Trivia: Which of these techniques involve placing a specially designed mask with several small pinholes in the light path through a telescope?

A: Coronagraphy
B: Aperture masking interferometry
C: Integral Field Unit Spectroscopy
D: Multi-Object Spectroscopy

This July was our 4th science anniversary, and the results have been fascinating! Bringing us previously unseen details from all throughout the universe to right here in our own solar system, Webb has given scientists, and the world, a powerful new set of tools.

Who doesn't love a good mystery?! 🔍🔴

Little Red Dots (LRD), first detected by Webb, are very distant, seemed to emerge ~600 million years/mysteriously decline by ~1.5 billion years post-big bang. What if they didn’t disappear, they just evolved?

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In about 40 minutes!!

Wake up, babe! There’s a new planet around Beta Pictoris!

Webb spotted a new giant planet hiding in one of the most studied planetary systems in our galaxy.
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Four years of Webb science! And what a time it has been! We've learned so much about our universe and ourselves. Here are some of our favorite images and most interesting science results!

Galaxy cluster formation is a messy process! Webb captured the formation of this young galaxy cluster in progress. Its two-sub-clusters have slammed through each other and travelled over a million light-years apart, repeating this process until they finally merge.

July 12th is Webb’s 4th science anniversary!

When we dive deeper into the familiar galaxy Centaurus A, our view becomes richer and stranger— a vivid record of cosmic history.

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