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Webb tracked the full orbit of GJ 1214 b, allowing scientists to create a “heat map." This map showed a big change in temperature between the mini-Neptune’s day and night sides — only possible if its atmosphere is made of heavier molecules, such as water or methane.
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Webb has a new achievement under its (asteroid) belt!

This image is our first infrared look at an asteroid belt outside our solar system. Webb reveals there are actually 3 belts, including 2 never-before-seen inner belts, around the star of Fomalhaut: https://go.nasa.gov/42dH7h6
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Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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The 3 nested belts here extend out to 14 billion miles (23 billion km) from the star. That’s 150 times the distance of Earth from the Sun! The scale of the outermost belt is also roughly twice the scale of our solar system’s Kuiper belt.
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Thank you, teachers! 🍎

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, join us for a #NASAScience virtual event series designed with classrooms in mind — including 2 live talks on Webb’s recent science discoveries: https://go.nasa.gov/3p8Qb8h
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In Appreciation of Educators, NASA Presents Digital Learning Week

NASA’s Science Activation Program invites learners of all ages, including students and educators, to join our Digital Learning Week Celebration.
Tricia Talbert (NASA)
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Webb's on the case 🔎

Webb found hints of water vapor while studying rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b. Scientists are puzzled whether this could be due to spots on its star, or if this could indicate the 1st atmosphere definitively detected around a rocky world: https://go.nasa.gov/41K2Ahj
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Webb Finds Water Vapor, But From a Rocky Planet or Its Star?

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study a rocky exoplanet known as GJ 486 b, and their observations using Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) show hints of water vapor.
Jessica Evans (NASA)
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You did it, folks. Thanks to you, we put the Webb in #Webbys!

Our #UnfoldTheUniverse campaign and livestream series have netted us 2 People’s Voice awards. Congrats to all of @nasa’s Webby winners: https://go.nasa.gov/40Gxyph
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Best of the Internet: NASA Wins Webby Award, 5 People’s Voice Awards

NASA has earned one Webby award and five People’s Voice awards in the 27th annual Webby Awards Competition, recognizing excellence in online communications.
Dacia Massengill (NASA)
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This is shaping up to be a giant cluster…of galaxies.

These 7 spotlighted galaxies form a protocluster so far away, its light took ~13 billion years to reach us. Webb scientists predict it may grow into one of the largest, densest galaxy clusters known: https://go.nasa.gov/3V5UEnZ
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Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster

NASAs James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed, for the first time, a protocluster of seven galaxies at a distance that astronomers refer to as redshift 7.9, or a mere 650 million years after the big bang.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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Webb Telescope. #Webbys Award. It just makes sense. Last chance to vote for us in the Webb(y)s! ⬇️

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Happy birthday, TESS! 🥳

We’re excited to keep working together with you to further exoplanet science 🪐
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If you loved our nail-biting video of Webb's million-mile journey, "29 Days on the Edge"... http://youtu.be/uUAvXYW5bmI

...help get us over the edge with 29% of the vote! We’re 1 point away from the current leader in the #Webbys for General Video: Technology: http://wbby.co/31914N
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29 Days on the Edge

The greatest origin story of all unfolds with the James Webb Space Telescope. Webb's launch is a pivotal moment that exemplifies the dedication, innovation, ...
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hey girl, are you an ULIRG? because you shine brighter than a trillion suns ✨

Arp 220 is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) that emits 300 times more light than the Milky Way. It also happens to glow brightest in infrared light, Webb's specialty: https://go.nasa.gov/3oef1TD
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Webb Captures the Spectacular Galactic Merger Arp 220

Shining like a brilliant beacon amidst a sea of galaxies, Arp 220 lights up the night sky in this view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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To communicate science, sometimes you gotta throw a little shade...

Fan of moments like this? Consider voting for us in the #Webbys! "NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Unfolds the Universe" is nominated in Social Campaigns: Education & Discovery. http://wbby.co/31856N
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Stars: always making a dramatic exit! 🌟

Webb’s powerful infrared eye has captured never-before-seen detail of Cassiopeia A (Cas A). 11,000 light-years away, it is the remnant of a massive star that exploded about 340 years ago: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZJnk72
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Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details in Cassiopeia A

A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion 340 years ago. Cas A is the youngest known remnant from an exploding, massive star in our galaxy.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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Cas A has been widely studied, including by @ChandraXRay, @NASAHubble and more! See the thread below to compare Webb’s infrared view with views of this supernova remnant across multiple wavelengths.
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In honor of Webb’s new infrared view of Uranus, let’s look back on Uranus as seen by different telescopes throughout the years! Thread 👇
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1. Voyager 2: @NASAVoyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, imaging the planet as a mostly featureless, pale blue-green sphere. It also gave us a close look at the rings of Uranus.
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3. Keck Observatory & @ChandraXRay: @KeckObservatory took the infrared composite image on the left in 2004 with adaptive optics. On the right is the same image with the addition of Chandra’s X-ray data, shown in magenta.
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2. Hubble: @NASAHubble has given us multiple views of Uranus. The image on the left was taken with visible, ultraviolet and infrared light in 2003, while the image on the right was taken in visible light in 2022.
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Uranus has never looked better. Really.

Only Voyager 2 and Keck (with adaptive optics) have imaged the planet's faintest rings before, and never as clearly as Webb’s first glimpse at this ice giant, which also highlights bright atmospheric features. https://go.nasa.gov/3nTo3oO
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NASA’s Webb Scores Another Ringed World With New Image of Uranus

Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Check out the polar cap (bright white area) on the right side! Webb reveals, for the first time, a subtle enhanced brightening at its center. This polar cap appears in the direct sunlight of summer and vanishes in the fall. Webb's data will help us to understand this mystery.
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Uranus has 27 known moons. Most are too small and faint to see, but the 6 brightest are labeled in this wide-view. (The other bright objects are background galaxies.) This was only a 12-minute exposure image! It's just the tip of the ice(planet)berg for what Webb will uncover.
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Help us put the Webb in #Webbys!

For @TheWebbyAwards this year, our team is nominated for 3 social media and video awards thanks to stellar explorers like you ✨

Vote here for our #UnfoldTheUniverse social media campaign: http://wbby.co/31856N
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Relive the heart-pounding preview of Webb’s 29-day unfolding in space…

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…And recall when we took you along with us on that journey with livestreams of key moments — across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and more! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcy1hEnsejK0FbIWlv_pfnQAE2jkieHYE

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Webb Telescope Launch to First Images Release Live Stream Series

This series brought milestone Webb Telescope mission events to the world, live. NASA Astrophysicist, Michelle Thaller is your guide as NASA, ESA and CSA engi...
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Warped tour…of space? ✨

See those strange arcs and streaks in this new Webb image? They’re actually distant galaxies, magnified and warped due to an effect called gravitational lensing: https://esawebb.org/images/potm2303a/
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Cosmic seahorse

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TRAPPIST-1 b: We give it a one (M-dwarf) star review; it lacks atmosphere. ⭐

Webb found the dayside temperature of this rocky exoplanet to be about 450º F (227º C) — suggesting it has no significant atmosphere: https://go.nasa.gov/3K9cS4g

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NASA’s Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b.
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Scientists made models for TRAPPIST-1 b: with an atmosphere, and without. Webb’s results matched the model with no atmosphere. If TRAPPIST-1 b did have an atmosphere to circulate and distribute heat, its temperature should have been much cooler than what was measured.
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How do you take a planet’s temperature? The team measured the change in brightness (in infrared light, or emitted heat energy) when TRAPPIST-1 b moved behind its star. This was a challenge because the star is 1000 times brighter, and the change in brightness was less than 0.1%.
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Rebecca Espina is a Mechanical Systems Senior Structural Engineer at @NASAGoddard. Her work on Webb involved supporting sine vibration testing, or “shake tests,” to check how well the observatory could withstand the forces of launch. Watch how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxIJ4dJ31gg
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Vibration Testing of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

Inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the James Webb Space Telescope team completed the environmental portion of vibration testin...
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Sand…coarse, rough, gets everywhere. We may have found it on VHS 1256 b, a Tatooine-like world orbiting twin suns. Among other molecules, Webb detected silicate dust grains in its atmosphere. The larger grains may be like very hot, small sand particles: https://go.nasa.gov/40jDNje
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NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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Sand…coarse, rough, gets everywhere. We may have found it on VHS 1256 b, a Tatooine-like world orbiting twin suns. Among other molecules, Webb detected silicate dust grains in its atmosphere. The larger grains may be like very hot, small sand particles: https://go.nasa.gov/40jDNje
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NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere.
Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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The Webb Telescope team is honored to receive the 2023 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy. This year, the award recognizes the 20,000 people around the world who designed, developed and now operate Webb: https://go.nasa.gov/42if6p0
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Webb Telescope Team Honored with Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy

The team behind NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope received the 2023 Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy at the National Space Club’s yearly Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington on March 10.
Jessica Evans (NASA)
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Thanks for visiting the Webb Mission Operations Center, David! We hope you continue to set your sights on the stars ✨
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Dr. Taylor Hutchison is an astrophysicist and NASA postdoctoral fellow. She focuses on studying extremely distant galaxies, and is working with Webb data as part of several collaborative science programs.

Read more about Dr. Hutchison: https://go.nasa.gov/42irRjw
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Early Career Scientist Spotlight - Taylor Hutchison

The Sciences and Exploration Directorate is the largest Earth and space science research organization in the world.
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Dr. Jane Rigby is an astrophysicist, Webb’s Operations Project Scientist and Dr. Hutchison's fellowship mentor. She uses Webb and other telescopes to study how galaxies and the black holes at their centers evolve over time.

More on Dr. Rigby: https://go.nasa.gov/3mW57Wl
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Jane Rigby Biography Webb Telescope/NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
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There is beauty in transience. 🌸

Webb’s stunning image of a super bright, massive Wolf-Rayet star calls forth the ephemeral nature of cherry blossoms. The Wolf-Rayet phase is a fleeting stage that only some stars go through, soon before they explode: https://go.nasa.gov/3Ln74VC
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova

The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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A Webb model glowed at #SXSW 10 years ago; now the real one's in space! The model isn’t at SXSW in 2023, but our team is. View a keynote panel on Webb live on @nasa's Twitter Mar. 14, 2pm EDT. Attendees, find more talks, panels, and activities about Webb: https://go.nasa.gov/3ZCgZLf
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Webb Events to Take Place at South by Southwest, in Greater Austin

Scientists from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, also called “Webb” or “JWST,” will participate in panels at the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals, as well as two local events, from March 12-16 in Austin, Texas.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Dr. Sara Faggi is a planetary scientist & astronomer at @NASAGoddard and research assistant professor at @AmericanU. On Webb, her work has focused on analyzing spectral data from solar system objects such as comets, icy moons (e.g. Enceladus and Europa), and Mars.
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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! This year, we'd like to highlight some of the amazing women on the Webb telescope team — plus the Webb women who inspire them. ⬇️

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Dr. Heidi Hammel is a planetary astronomer and Webb’s Interdisciplinary Scientist. Her focus is on our Solar System’s outer planets, their rings and moons. Before Webb, Dr. Hammel had extensive experience with @NASAHubble solar system observations. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3L7Xd5V
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Heidi Hammel Biography Webb Telescope/NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.
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