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  • The James Webb Space Telescope

    The James Webb Space Telescope (called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror.

  • James Webb’s Deep Field

    The deepest infrared view of the universe. Image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  • NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula

    Called the Cosmic Cliffs, it is the edge of the giant, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, and the tallest “peaks” in this image are about 7 light-years high. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  • Stephan’s Quintet

    James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephan’s Quintet in a new light. This enormous visual grouping of five galaxies is Webb’s largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon’s diameter. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  • NGC 3132, The Southern Ring Nebula

    Two cameras aboard Webb captured the latest image of this planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 3132, and known informally as the Southern Ring Nebula. It is approximately 2,500 light-years away. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  • Atmosphere Composition

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the distinct signature of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere surrounding a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

  • Spiral Galaxy M74: A Sharper View

    Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) lies some 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces. An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral arms

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