#JWST

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Anaesthetic flag colorpicked from galaxy protocluster from 650 million years after the Big Bang

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Star Cluster Duo in Small Magellanic Cloud ©

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The hunt for potentially habitable rocky planets in our galaxy has been the holy grail of exoplanet studies for decades. While the discovery of more than 5,900 exoplanets in more than 4,400 planetary systems has been a remarkable achievement, only a small fraction (217) have been confirmed as terrestrial—aka rocky or "Earth-like." Furthermore, obtaining accurate information on a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere is very difficult, since potentially habitable rocky planets are much smaller and tend to orbit closer to their stars.

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Rho Ophiuchi cloud cluster

~Happy anniversary to the James Webb Space Telescope~

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Saturn by JWST

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula reveals mini “toe beans.” Massive young stars are carving the gas and dust while their bright starlight is producing a bright nebulous glow. Eventually this turbulent region will quench star formation.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

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I AM NORMAL ABOUT THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE

THESE ARE REAL IMAGES. NOT ARTIST RENDITIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

REAL. ACTUAL. PHOTOS.

HIGH DETAIL INFRARED PHOTOS OF DISTANT GALAXIES COLLIDING. OF THE CENTERS OF GALAXIES.

OF GRAVITATIONAL LENSING

OF WHAT IS QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE FIRST GALAXIES EVER FORMED AND THE FARTHEST EVER DETECTED.

I AM NORMAL ABOUT THIS

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The five galaxies of Stephan's Quintet, a composite of imagery from JWST and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

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First image of Uranus and its 5 brightest moons taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Recent photos of Saturn by the James Webb telescope.

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Aroace flag colorpicked from JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, featuring more than 45,000 galaxies

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Have you ever met a galaxy face-to-face?

As part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, the James Webb Space Telescope imaged 19 nearby spiral galaxies, including NGC 1566 seen here. This galaxy is located 60 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado.

Webb’s images of stunning spirals like NGC 1566 complement existing PHANGS data, which include observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes.

This image shows two different views of NGC 1566, with Hubble’s visible and ultraviolet light view at top left and Webb’s near- and mid-infrared light view at bottom right. These two distinct views of the same galaxy contain different details, helping astronomers achieve a more well-rounded understanding of galactic structures: https://bit.ly/4jq4vQn

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 © JWST

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Webb's First image of 2024: N79 Nebula

l Home to glowing gas and dust as well as baby stars

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The closest image of Venus!

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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The Deep Webb

A YTP of NASA's 2022 live presentation showcasing the first images taken from the James Webb Space Telescope.

This monumental feat of human discovery was presented to the world in the form of a scuffed livestream where technical errors abound and production repeatedly failed to think on their feet to remedy issues as they came up. Peppered with some charmingly awkward/out-of-touch performances by the various presenters, most of which are astronomers and engineers whom I have the deepest respect for despite it all.

I watched this event as it was broadcast and immediately knew it would make for an excellent YTP source. I was so very correct, and my biggest regret was sitting on it for two years rather than working with it immediately.

Full video with captions here!