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WEBAstronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center.
In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing ... - Science@NASA
WEB18 hours ago · Goddard Space Flight Center. Sep 25, 2024. Looking deep into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its stars. Found approximately one billion years after the big bang, galaxy GS-NDG-9422 (9422 ...
Science News From the James Webb Space Telescope
WEBJul 15, 2024 · The latest science news and announcements covering the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission.
NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center. (For comparison, Earth is approximately 26,000 light-years from the center.) A team of scientists used Webb’s NIRCam […]
NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way
WEBNov 20, 2023 · The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s reveals a portion of the Milky Way’s dense core in a new light. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features.
NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe
WEBJul 12, 2022 · NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the world’s most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency), and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
NASA Reveals Webb Telescope's First Images of Unseen Universe
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The first images and spectroscopic data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unprecedented and detailed views of the universe. Webb’s first images and spectra, including downloadable files, can be found at https://webbtelescope.org/news/first-images .
First-of-Its-Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
WEBJun 20, 2024 · In a new study of the Serpens Nebula with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, it’s both. In one region of the nebula, Webb has resolved what previously appeared as blurry blobs into crisp protostellar outflows.
NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe
WEBJuly 12, 2022. One of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, this landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby young star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Full Image Details.
Photons Received: Webb Sees Its First Star – 18 Times
WEBFeb 11, 2022 · Credit: NASA. Lee esta nota en español aquí.. The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. The team’s challenge was twofold: confirm that NIRCam was ready to collect light from celestial objects, and then identify starlight from the same ...