Stories on James Webb Space Telescope

  1. In an illustration, WASP-39 b, a hot, puffy gas giant planet inhabits the foreground while its star shines beyond it.

    New from JWST: An exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before

  2. The inner region of the Orion Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument. Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Data reduction and analysis : PDRs4All ERS Team; graphical processing S. Fuenmayor

    First JWST images of Orion Nebula released

  3. At Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, the James Webb Space Telescope will soon be encapsulated inside this 17 meter-high, 5.4-meter diameter fairing, which will provide protection from the thermal, acoustic and aerodynamic stresses during the ascent to space. Image credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

    NASA releases first images from Webb telescope: U-M experts available

  4. A team led by University of Michigan postdoctoral researcher Evan Rich and professor John Monnier imaged 44 targets in a survey called Gemini-Large Imaging with GPI Herbig/T-tauri Survey, or Gemini-LIGHTS. The astronomers detected some form of dust around 80% of the 44 targets. The team released a gallery of 6 of the 44 targets showing a range of different morphologies that tell the researchers about the dynamics happening within the disk itself. Rich will present the summary paper's findings at the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting this month. His study has also been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal. Image credit: Credit: Evan Rich, University of Michigan

    To find a planet, look for the signatures of planet formation

  5. Pictured is an artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez

    James Webb Space Telescope more than three quarters through its journey

  6. The Flame Nebula is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which includes such famous nebulae as the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula. This image focuses on the dark, dusty heart of the nebula where a star cluster resides, mostly hidden from view. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and N. Da Rio (University of Virginia); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

    U-M astronomers anticipate launch of James Webb Space Telescope

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    Astro2020 Decadal Survey: U-M researchers can comment

  8. This image of Abell 2261 contains X-ray data from Chandra (pink) showing hot gas pervading the cluster as well as optical data from Hubble and the Subaru Telescope that show galaxies in the cluster and in the background. Astronomers used these telescopes to search galaxy in the center of the image for evidence of a black hole, weighing between 3 and 100 billion times the Sun, that is expected to be there. No sign of this black hole was found, deepening a mystery about what is happening in this system. Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Michigan/K. Gültekin ; Optical: NASA/STScI and NAOJ/Subaru; Infrared: NSF/NOAO/KPNO; Radio: NSF/NOAO/VLA

    On the hunt for a missing giant black hole