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NASA Webb Telescope

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NASA Webb Telescope

@NASAWebb

The Official *NASA* Webb X account. The world's most powerful space telescope. Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed: July 12, 2022.

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NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jul 13
Four years of Webb science! And what a time it has been! We've learned so much about our universe and ourselves. Here are some of our favorite images and most interesting science results!
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jul 29
Who doesn't love a good mystery?! 🔍🔴 Little Red Dots (LRD), first detected by Webb, are very distant, seemed to emerge ~600 million years/mysteriously decline by ~1.5 billion years post-big bang. What if they didn’t disappear, they just evolved? go.nasa.gov/4h44W5g
$A rectangular image with thousands of galaxies of various shapes and colors on the black background of space. Some are noticeably spirals, either face-on or edge-on, while others are blobby ellipticals. Many are too small to discern any structure. One prominent foreground star at top center features Webb’s signature 8-point diffraction spikes. At upper right, a box shows a zoomed in portion of the image. The pullout features a spiral galaxy labeled “WISEA J123635.56+621424.2.” The galaxy has a bright yellow center and faint brown arms speckled with regions of blue that appear to wind clockwise around the galaxy’s core.$
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jul 21
In about 40 minutes!!
Space Telescope Science Institute
@SpaceTelescope
Jul 21
TODAY at 4 p.m.: STScI's Dr. Macarena Garcia Marin will explore #NASAWebb's record-breaking performance, scientific breakthroughs, and astonishing discoveries. We will also look ahead and ask the questions that will shape Webb's future science. youtube.com/live/VJakMxRPf…
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jul 15
Wake up, babe! There’s a new planet around Beta Pictoris! Webb spotted a new giant planet hiding in one of the most studied planetary systems in our galaxy. science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/…
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
Jul 7
Galaxy cluster formation is a messy process! Webb captured the formation of this young galaxy cluster in progress. Its two-sub-clusters have slammed through each other and travelled over a million light-years apart, repeating this process until they finally merge.
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