Webb Spectrum and image Animations

This transmission spectrum, captured using NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, shows the amounts of different wavelengths (colors) of starlight blocked by the atmosphere of the gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b.Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI); Science: JWST MANATEE Team, Luis Welbanks (ASU)Read more at science.nasa.gov

This transmission spectrum, captured using the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) PRISM bright object-time series mode, shows the amounts of near-infrared starlight blocked by the atmosphere of hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-39 b. The spectrum shows clear evidence for water and carbon dioxide, and a variation in temperature between the morning and evening on the exoplanet.Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)Original post

This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, program. The NIRCam data was used to determine which galaxies to study further with spectroscopic observations. One such galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the popout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.32 (+0.08/-0.20), making it the current record-holder for the most distant known galaxy. This corresponds to a time less than 300 million years after the big bang.Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA)read more at science.nasa.gov

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) has identified a wealth of complex, carbon-containing (organic) molecules surrounding two protostars in the nebula NGC 1333. This graphic shows the spectrum of one of the two protostars, IRAS 2A. It includes the fingerprints of acetaldehyde, ethanol, methyl formate, and likely acetic acid, in the solid phase. These and other molecules detected there by Webb represent key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds.Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI)read more at science.nasa.gov