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JWST facing potential cuts to its operational budget

by Jeff FoustJanuary 25, 2025February 3, 2025

While the James Webb Space Telescope continues to exceed astronomers’ expectations, it faces a potential funding shortfall.

NGC 346

Webb Captures An Ethereal View of NGC 346

by SpaceRef EditorOctober 11, 2023July 15, 2024

MIRI image

Webb Reveals Intricate Details in the Remains of a Dying Star

by SpaceRef EditorOctober 6, 2023July 15, 2024

Artist conception of early starbursting galaxies. The image is rendered from FIRE simulation data used for this research that can explain recent JWST results. Stars and galaxies are shown in the bright white points of light, while the more diffuse dark matter and gas are shown in purples and reds. CREDIT Aaron M. Geller, Northwestern, CIERA + IT-RCDS

Bursts Of Star Formation Explain Mysterious Brightness At Cosmic Dawn

by SpaceRef EditorOctober 3, 2023July 15, 2024

Orion Nebula in NIRCam long-wavelength channel

Webb’s Wide-angle View Of The Orion Nebula Released In ESASky

by SpaceRef EditorOctober 2, 2023July 15, 2024

The big galaxy in the foreground is named LEDA 2046648, and is seen just over a billion years back in time, while most of the others lie even farther away, and hence are seen even further back in time. CREDIT ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel.

Astronomers Discover Newborn Galaxies With The James Webb Space Telescope

by SpaceRef EditorSeptember 24, 2023July 15, 2024

Featured in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope is Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet travelling… [more] © ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray Larger image

JWST Observes The Supersonic Outflow Of A Young Star

by SpaceRef EditorSeptember 18, 2023July 15, 2024

The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Larger image

Webb Captures A Cosmic Whirlpool

by SpaceRef EditorSeptember 2, 2023July 15, 2024

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a massive galaxy cluster called WHL0137-08 contains the most strongly magnified galaxy known in the universe’s first billion years: the Sunrise Arc, and within that galaxy, the most distant star ever detected. In this image, the Sunrise Arc appears as a red streak just below the diffraction spike at the 5 o’clock position. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA; Johns Hopkins University), B. Welch (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; University of Maryland, College Park). Image processing: Z. Levay.

Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, The Most Distant Star Ever Detected

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 20, 2023July 15, 2024

JWST/NIRcam composite image of the Ring Nebula. The images clearly show the main ring, surrounded by a faint halo and with many delicate structures. The interior of the ring is filled with hot gas. The star which ejected all this material is visible at the very centre. It is extremely hot, with a temperature in excess of 100,000 degrees. The nebula was ejected only about 4000 years ago. Technical details: The image was obtained with JWST's NIRCam instrument on August 4, 2022. Images in three different filters were combined to create this composite image: F212N (blue); F300M (green); and F335M (red). CREDIT The University of Manchester

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Images Of The Ring Nebula

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 6, 2023July 15, 2024