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Ro de Jong 🧒 @rodejong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🗣️ Max Verstappen already has an opinion about Madring "I'm not a fan of street circuits, and that's never going to change. I'll always prefer driving on a circuit like Spa" "I mean, I think they've done a very good job, but I'm not a fan of street circuits" 🚥 #F1 #Formula1 ❤️💛❤️ #SpanishGP #Madring

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The Window is a song cycle composed by Arthur Sullivan with words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hubble version of NGC 5248. Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746...

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 5248 in stunning detail. The galaxy's bright central bulge, a mix of yellowish hues, indicates a concentration of older stars at its core. From this central region, intricate spiral arms unfurl outwards, showcasing a rich tapestry of star formation. These arms are speckled with bright, blueish clusters of young stars, contrasting sharply with the dark lanes of dust that weave through the galaxy's structure. The overall impression is one of dynamic motion and vibrant activity, revealing the galaxy's grand design and the ongoing processes of star birth and evolution in exquisite detail, thanks to Hubble's powerful optical vision.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Carina Nebula Jets (NIRCam Narrowband Filters). NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI)

The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a orange-burgundy cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively blue upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

JWST observed NGC 5643 yesterday, using NIRCam. This data was processed by @yuvharpaz.bsky.social nerdculture.de/@yuvharpaz/1...

$A black and white, full-view image of the galaxy NGC 5643 taken by the NIRCam instrument. The galaxy has a prominent, bright white core that fades into a smooth, elliptical shape. The surrounding halo is speckled with individual stars and shows a mottled texture, indicating areas of varying star density and dust. The image is composed of multiple tiles, with faint black seams visible at the edges of each tile. Four prominent diffraction spikes are visible, emanating from bright stars within the galaxy, creating a cross-like pattern.$

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

19 spiral galaxies imaged by JWST as part of PHANGS project, aiming to study nearby galaxies. 🔭 🧪

Nineteen Webb images of face-on spiral galaxies are combined in a mosaic, some within squares, and others horizontal or vertical rectangles. Galaxies’ spiral arms appear in shades of orange, and many of their centres have light blue hazes.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: using JWST, we figured out how giant galaxies grow with active supermassive black hole in their center. www.nao.ac.jp/news/topics/... 🔭 🧪

A proto-galaxy cluster located 11 billion light-years away is the Spider-Web Cluster. Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. (Credit: Shimakawa et al.)

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Serpens Nebula (NIRCam image). A nearby home to newly forming stars (around 100,000 years old). 🔭 🧪

A rectangular image with black vertical rectangles at the bottom left and top right that indicate missing data. A young star-forming region is filled with wispy orange, red, and blue layers of gas and dust. The upper left corner of the image is filled with mostly orange dust, and within that orange dust are several small red plumes of gas that extend from the top left to the bottom right, at the same angle. The centre of the image is filled with mostly blue gas. At the centre, there is one particularly bright star that has an hourglass shadow above and below it. To the right of that is what looks like a vertical eye-shaped crevice with a bright star at the centre. The gas to the right of the crevice is a darker orange.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

NGC 5643 by NIRCam. Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a captivating view of NGC 5643. This spiral galaxy is awash in intricate details, with vibrant red hues highlighting star-forming regions and a bright core illuminating the galactic center.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Another process of the new JWST data of NGC 3351, this time by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

This image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 3351, seen edge-on, as observed by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The galaxy's bright core is prominent, surrounded by a ring of dust and gas. The image also reveals intricate details of the galaxy's spiral arms and the surrounding interstellar medium, showcasing the power of NIRCam to penetrate cosmic dust and unveil hidden structures.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

NIRCam view of Cartwheel galaxy. Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

A captivating image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy resembles a wagon wheel, with a bright central hub and multiple rings of stars and dust. The inner ring is a region of intense star formation, while the outer ring is expanding outward, pushing into the surrounding gas and triggering star formation in its path. The image also reveals distant galaxies in the background, showcasing the vastness of the universe.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Colliding galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 (MIRI image). 🔭 🧪

Two spiral galaxies take up almost the entire view and appear to be overlapping. They are angled from top left to bottom right. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller and more compact than the galaxy at right, NGC 2207. The background of space is black, dotted with tiny foreground stars and extremely distant galaxies.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Here is this morning's view of Jupiter. If you look carefully you can see Ganymede (right next to Jupiter) and Callisto too, though it is fainter. 🔭

A telescopic view of the planet Jupiter showing brown, tan and white stripes of clouds in its atmosphere. Two of its major moons can be seen near the planet.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

High definition image of our deep universe. Seen through the eyes of JWST (NIRISS). Other than a few foreground Milky Way stars, every spec of light here is billions of light years away. Processed by Go Webb. www.flickr.com/photos/19643... 🔭 🧪

A deep-field image taken by the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing countless galaxies in the Grus constellation. The image is filled with bright stars and distant galaxies, showcasing the vastness and complexity of the universe.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

The zoo's elephant family enjoyed squishing and eating some giant pumpkins, courtesy of farmers Larry Nelson and Amanda Gilmour. A gourd time was had by all!

Two Asian elephants stepping on big pumpkins

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Barnard 335 (LDN-663): a star being born. Processed JWST/NIRCam data by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

A vibrant, infrared image of Barnard 335, also known as LDN-663, a dark molecular cloud. The image showcases a complex network of gas and dust illuminated by nearby stars, creating a striking cosmic landscape. The colors represent different wavelengths of infrared light, revealing hidden details of the cloud's structure.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Not many know, but one of the first targets of JWST was Cat Eye nebula. This image was taken by MIRI 2.5 years ago. Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

A mesmerizing infrared image of the Cat's Eye Nebula, captured by the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. The nebula's intricate structure, resembling an eye, is revealed in stunning detail. The image showcases the complex layers of gas and dust surrounding the central star, highlighting the remnants of its stellar evolution. The vibrant colors represent different infrared wavelengths, providing valuable insights into the nebula's composition and dynamics.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Dwarf, barred, irregular galaxy NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy). It's located 1.6 million light years away from us, which in cosmic scale context, is basically in our backyeard. Processed JWST/MIRI data by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

A mesmerizing infrared image of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, captured by the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. The image showcases a vibrant cosmic tapestry, revealing the galaxy's intricate structure and star formation regions. The colors represent different infrared wavelengths, highlighting the distribution of gas, dust, and young stars. The image also offers a glimpse into the complex processes that shape the evolution of galaxies.

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory under construction. Part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) agency, it is located on top of Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

NGC 1399, viewed from the mirrors of NIRCam. Processed by @yuvharpaz.bsky.social nerdculture.de/@yuvharpaz/1... 🔭 🧪

This image, captured by the NIRC-am instrument, shows the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399. Located in the Fornax Cluster, NGC 1399 is one of the most massive galaxies in the local universe. The image features several smaller galaxies in the background, highlighting the galaxy's position within a dense cluster environment.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

Beautiful, ghost-like NGC 4689. This is a spiral galaxy, viewed in mid-infrared, as seen through Webb's MIRI mirrors. Processed by @thocarp.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/19746... 🔭 🧪

In this captivating mid-infrared view captured by MIRI, the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 4689, 54 million light-years distant, unfolds its secrets. Unlike visible light images, this view reveals a symphony of dust and gas radiating in the mid-infrared realm. The glowing tendrils trace the galaxy's spiral arms, potentially highlighting regions of active star formation hidden in the visible spectrum, while the bright central core hints at the presence of a supermassive black hole. This image by MIRI provides a unique perspective on NGC 4689, allowing us to peer beyond the veil of dust and witness the ongoing processes that shape this magnificent galaxy.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 23/06/2024

It's cold out there! NGC 4569 in all of its glory, seen in mid-infrared through JWST's MIRI lenses. Processed by Go Webb. www.flickr.com/photos/19643... 🔭 🧪

This captivating Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) image from the James Webb Space Telescope showcases the spiral galaxy NGC 4569. Classified as a barred spiral due to its central bulge intersected by a bar-shaped structure, the galaxy's core glows with a faint, dusty rose color. Delicate tendrils of gas, tinged with yellows and oranges, weave throughout the spiral arms that gracefully unwind outwards. The cooler, outer regions of the galaxy fade into a deep, inky black, offering a glimpse into the vastness of space.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

SETI PPOD: M51 (NGC 5194), an image taken by JWST. mastodon.social/@setiinstitu... 🔭 🧪

M51 (NGC 5194) lies about 27 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici and is trapped in a tumultuous relationship with its near neighbor, the dwarf galaxy NGC 5195. The interaction between these two galaxies has made these galactic neighbors one of the better-studied galaxy pairs in the night sky. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Fun fact: the JWST Discovery Tracker contains the latest JWST discovery, while NASA hasn't posted it yet. jwstfeed.com/tracker The JWST Discovery Tracker is still the only place on the internet where you can find every single JWST discovery :) 🔭 🧪

Screenshot from the JWST Discovery Tracker

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Great JWST (NIRCam + MIRI) data processing of Cartwheel galaxy by Chris Ashford. www.astrobin.com/ozi22p/ 🔭 🧪

This stunning image is a composite of data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). It reveals the Cartwheel Galaxy, a spectacular sight located about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. The galaxy is nicknamed the Cartwheel due to its distinctive ring-like structure, the result of a high-speed collision with a smaller galaxy some hundreds of millions of years ago. The collision sent shockwaves through the Cartwheel, compressing the gas and dust within it and triggering the formation of new stars. The bright inner ring is dominated by young, hot stars, while the outer ring is laced with cooler, older stars and pockets of dust. This image, which combines the wavelengths of light observed by NIRCam and MIRI, allows astronomers to see both the hot young stars and the cooler dust in the galaxy, providing new insights into the Cartwheel's history and ongoing evolution.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

The weekly public JWST data report has been updated for May 20 - May 26. Next week we're gonna get images of 47 Tucanae (NIRCam); NGC 3239 (NIRCam + MIRI); NGC 3344 (NIRCam + MIRI); Pinwheel Galaxy (MIRI); and some deep universe images. Full report- jwstfeed.com/PostView/Fee... 🔭 🧪

A yellow hexagon with the text "Public Data" written in black in the center. In the background is a black starry sky.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Smudge, on the moors

He's not actually on the moors, he's just in the backyard, but it's a cloudy desolate landscape today.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Part of Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Observed by James Webb (NIRCam), processed by Esteban Ayala. flickr.com/photos/19841... 🔭 🧪

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

The banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is a Eurasian species, occurring from the Atlantic coast eastwards to Lake Baikal and northwestern China.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

New James Webb images of the Cigar galaxy (M82) were posted in an article from today. jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFee... 🔭 🧪

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Another image of the core of the Cigar galaxy (M82) by James Webb (NIRCam). 🔭 🧪

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

The JWST weekly public data report has been updated for Feb 5 - Feb 12. We're expected to receive new images of Uranus (Feb 6) and 4 spiral galaxies. Full feed report- jwstfeed.com/PostView/Fee... 🔭 🧪

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

The spiral galaxy NGC 4321. Observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (NIRCam + MIRI), processed by Robert Eder. www.astrobin.com/f03kw7/ 🔭 🧪

JWST data process of the spiral galaxy NGC 4321

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

New JWST Discovery Tracker post: "Thai astronomers discover 13 galaxies with JWST" (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand). jwstfeed.com/Discovery?ci... 🔭 🧪

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

New JWST Discovery Tracker post: "Team of astronomers led by ASU scientist discovers galaxy that shouldn’t exist". (Arizona State University) jwstfeed.com/Discovery?ci... 🔭 🧪

A color-composite image of PEARLSDG made with JWST NIRCAM data. Individual stars are visible as small points of light in the image. Its somewhat dull color and lack of many bright stars is consistent with its old age and lack of ongoing star formation

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small cowbird in the icterid family, Icteridae. It is distinguished from other icterids by its finch-like head and beak and its smaller size.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Gorgeous JWST data process of NGC 2090 by Алексей Кудря @Alex_A_Lex 🔭 🧪

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Wikipedia Picture of the Day @wiki-potd.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

The Kefermarkt altarpiece is a richly decorated wooden altarpiece in the Late Gothic style in the parish church of Kefermarkt in Upper Austria. Commissioned by the knight Christoph von Zelking, it was completed around 1497.

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

Webb has been busy for the past few days imaging our deep universe, to give us awesome images of distant worlds. The attached image was taken ~12 hours ago. jwstfeed.com/Home/ShowFee... 🔭 🧪

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