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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 29/09/2026

Seeing double… or quadruple! 👀 In this Webb image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, gravitational lensing shows us 4 or more images of the same galaxy. This is the first time researchers have spotted this more than once in the same galaxy cluster! t.co/5K4uMG... 🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2609a/

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 25/09/2026

Free downloadable mini poster of Webb's look at Centaurus A! t.co/EiH4etrbG9 🔗 science.nasa.gov/asset/webb...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 17/09/2026

Within this star-forming nebula (captured by Webb) are the smallest brown dwarfs ever detected. Neither planet nor star, these objects are formed like stars, raising questions about the star formation process. t.co/s58sxdx1dl 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4y7RVwU

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 08/09/2026

Scientists used Webb and @NASAHubble to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects, unexpectedly finding that the number and colors followed the same relationships as their larger family members. More: t.co/Z1GtQHZ2SP

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NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past - NASA Science

Scientists used NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study distant bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs).

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 27/08/2026

“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are.” - Dolly Parton ✨ An irregular galaxy might seem like an odd place for so many new stars to shine, yet multitudes are forming within the gas that crowds Arp 263.

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 12/08/2026

How close is too close to a black hole? Asking for a friend. 😬 Webb just revealed dust and water surviving in the extreme environment of a star located near our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*! t.co/GVqMLs39gn 🔗 esawebb.org/images/weic2617d/

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 11/08/2026

What animal do you see in this Webb image?! A bird? An elephant? A giraffe? Let your imagination run wild! This is Webb’s infrared view of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs, which was one of the first images released by Webb.

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 10/08/2026

It's the circle of life… Webb's look at the Lion Nebula, the remains of a dying lower-mass star, is in both the mid and near-infrared. Though massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, lower-mass stars shed their outer layers.

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 04/08/2026

Technical Trivia: Which of these techniques involve placing a specially designed mask with several small pinholes in the light path through a telescope? A: Coronagraphy B: Aperture masking interferometry C: Integral Field Unit Spectroscopy D: Multi-Object Spectroscopy

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 29/07/2026

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? t.co/wjGjkeZYE7 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4h44W5g

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 21/07/2026

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 15/07/2026

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. t.co/WDsrOd2kpA 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 13/07/2026

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!

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 13/07/2026

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!

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 07/07/2026

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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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 06/07/2026

Many of the glowing red points in the MIRI image are dust-rich stars or stellar nurseries. Dust is a raw ingredient for new stars and planets and vital to the ongoing life cycle of the galaxy. At the heart of the galaxy, an actively feeding supermassive black hole shines brightly, surrounded by...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 06/07/2026

July 12th is Webb’s 4th science anniversary! When we dive deeper into the familiar galaxy Centaurus A, our view becomes richer and stranger— a vivid record of cosmic history. t.co/lUTv8fE451 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4wvZJYr

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 02/07/2026

Gonna shine across that sky 🎶 In the infrared, Webb reveals bright protostars flowering from within the thick dust of the FS Tau star system. Set against a tapestry of background galaxies, this star-forming nebula is home to baby stars. t.co/5iBJPkLfCi 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 01/07/2026

You’re a spark in the dark 🎶 Webb looked at gas giant planet WD 1856 b, which closely orbits a white dwarf - the remains of a Sun-like star. Did it survive the death of its star or did it migrate to its current location later? t.co/zxmzpMe0r5 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 23/06/2026

Webb’s new view of M82, added to archival data from @NASAHubble, is giving us a more complete picture of this starburst galaxy. t.co/hbHTnt7Ujv 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 22/06/2026

You might have heard of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. We don't get the opportunity to study objects like this often. Webb took a look at the comet's composition. It's showing us how unusual our own solar system might be. Here's what we've learned 👇

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 16/06/2026

One well-done gas giant planet, coming right up! Webb examined a “hot Jupiter” exoplanet called HD 80606 b, with four times Jupiter’s mass, and a very elliptical orbit that sweeps close by its Sun-like star. t.co/X3s69WG4qQ 🔗 go.nasa.gov/3QtN6xr

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 16/06/2026

Webb teamed up with @NASAHubble to examine a relic from our galaxy’s formation. This object might look like a globular cluster of stars, but is actually something much odder and rarer - a “bulge fossil fragment.” t.co/5isHyQ92aV 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 12/06/2026

Go far and wide with @NASARoman! NASA’s next space telescope will be joining Webb in L2, a million miles away to join us and your name can come too! Get your boarding pass to send your name with Roman as we work to create the most complete picture of the univer... 🔗 my.nasa.gov/specialevents/s...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 10/06/2026

Webb has delivered the strongest evidence yet that its discovery of mysterious Little Red Dots (LRD) are “black hole stars.” They appear starting ~600 million years after the big bang, and scientists are still working out exactly what they are. t.co/MIEwfifyzi 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 08/06/2026

Beyond the Orion Nebula is a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust divided into four parts and collectively called the Orion Molecular Clouds. This image shows just a small portion of one of the clouds. t.co/N5ahKPVSJO 🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 01/06/2026

Webb is looking at the chemical fingerprints of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the mid-infrared 🔎 New data points to a very different formation environment and chemistry for this object compared to most comets that formed in our own solar system. t.co/6xJl3L6W9K 🔗 science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iat...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 27/05/2026

Which came first, galaxies or black holes? New Webb observations show that some supermassive black holes were enormous from their beginnings, shifting traditional ideas around how black holes form and grow. t.co/YNSs2QIFbu 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4vaEASC

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 10/05/2026

To MoM-z14 & back! 💐 Let a caregiver in your life know your appreciation for them reaches the farthest galaxy ever detected! Read more about MoM-z14: t.co/ejbBjLSlQr 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4d1kt3l

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 07/05/2026

Don’t let anyone dull your shine 💫 The heart of galaxy M77 nearly outshines the galaxy itself in this mid-infrared Webb image. Gas rapidly orbits the central black hole, heating up, and radiating light. t.co/LDOGmXEytb 🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2604a/

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 21/04/2026

We won both the Webby and People's Voice awards for best education and science social campaigns in @TheWebbyAwards! Saying we're grateful for you all doesn't even scratch the surface! Thank you so much for following, engaging, and voting!💗 t.co/D70y4d2vWW 🔗 winners.webbyawards.com/202...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 16/04/2026

Shine, dream, smile! Oh, let us light up the night… with a pair of new stars, and maybe some planets! Webb captured edge-on views of two protoplanetary disks, which will help us better understand the process of planet formation. t.co/kxzH0WR3Uu 🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2603a/

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 16/04/2026

The end is near! The fate of this nebula's central star and Webby voting is the same, both reaching the end. There are a few hours left to get your Webby vote in! Voting ends tonight (Thursday, April 16) at 11:59 PM PDT. Click here to submit yours: t.co/H77VV0SoUd 🔗 vote.webbyawards.com/Public...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 15/04/2026

There's still one more day to cast your vote in @TheWebbyAwards! If you've enjoyed unfolding the universe with us this year, vote here: t.co/H77VV0SoUd To MoM-z14 and back 💞 🔗 vote.webbyawards.com/Public...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 14/04/2026

Wait, there's more Webb in this year's @TheWebbyAwards! Vote for Cosmic Dawn as the best longform documentary by Thursday, April 16: t.co/PDnjMJrZPp 🔗 vote.webbyawards.com/Public...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 14/04/2026

Webb directly imaged 29 Cygni b, an object 15 times the mass of Jupiter, to find out if it formed like a planet or a star, since they result from different processes. Data show it's a planet! t.co/K48elMpcRs 🔗 science.nasa.gov/missions/w...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 14/04/2026

There’s nothing we love more than sharing the universe with you all. If you feel the same, vote for us in @TheWebbyAwards by Thursday, April 16! Vote here: t.co/H77VV0SoUd 🔗 vote.webbyawards.com/Public...

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 30/09/2025

Nature’s magnifying glass 🔎 Galaxies in these images might look stretched or warped. That’s due to gravitational lensing, a tool that allows us to peer even further into the universe! go.nasa.gov/3KLgN9Y pbs.twimg.com/media/G2GJ7ibW0AA2ZMm…

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 24/09/2025

Webb took a look at the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the most massive, and active star-forming region in our galaxy, located only a few hundred light years from our central black hole. Why is it so much more active than the rest of the galactic center? go.nasa.gov/46lurcz pbs.twim

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 22/09/2025

The 1st exoplanet was found just a few decades ago; now we know they are the rule, not the exception. Celebrate the 6000th confirmed exoplanet, with @NASAJPL's Dr. Eric Mamajek and the Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast. go.nasa.gov/3W1vQPj pbs.twimg.com/media/G1eLCs7WcAEoWCG…

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 18/09/2025

Are we alone in the universe? With Webb’s unprecedented infrared sensitivity, we can detect exoplanet atmospheres and study their chemical compositions in an attempt to answer that question. But what would it take to be able to say that we found life? We asked a NASA scientist.

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 14/01/2025

Webb is solving mysteries it created. Remember “little red dots?” They seemed too big to exist in the early universe... and maybe theory couldn’t account for them. It turns out they may be a new class of galaxy containing growing supermassive black holes. t.co/OXo6TzNgus t.co/Y

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 13/01/2025

Like images of broken light, Webb captured these carbon-rich dust shells around a binary star system. Drifting swiftly outwards, they are seeding their surroundings with carbon - one way elements spread across the universe. t.co/gjfLhdaP1x t.co/rbFjcpKjgm

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 16/12/2024

A riddle wrapped in a 20-year-old @nasahubble mystery… Webb confirmed a controversial finding of Hubble’s - planet-forming disks in the early universe that are longer-lived than they should be, given the conditions in their environment. Read more: t.co/NVsUmuHmlf t.co/PYms9yaWEX

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 12/12/2024

It's that time of year, let's make some snowflakes! ❄️ Fold and cut your own using our Webb template: t.co/ET8aN3vBO8 t.co/gJcUNdccKF

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 11/12/2024

Someone struck a match against the night… Webb discerned distinct star clusters in the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, which existed 600 million years after the big bang - the first discovery of an actively forming galaxy as lightweight as the young Milky Way. t.co/cJenCOWLsc t.co/BWCarE

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 04/12/2024

Webb and the Spiderweb protocluster? Let’s get stuck in! 👇 What is it? A galaxy cluster in formation, 10 billion light years away, composed of more than 100 known galaxies. Webb has found some new ones! t.co/LA0d0hVw3t t.co/gan8TOrP3Y

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 27/11/2024

Pardon our dust! Webb’s near and mid-infrared view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090 highlights its two winding arms as well as the beautiful details of its swirls of dust and gas. t.co/5GHzbWezoX t.co/KNzLUvjmbk

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 25/11/2024

Ring around the galaxy… Here’s Webb’s stunning new mid-infrared image of M104. This bright core of the galaxy is dim in this view, revealing a smooth inner disk as well as details of how the clumpy gas in the outer ring is distributed. t.co/wQSE9xGTXX t.co/p7zNl4YSwD

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 12/11/2024

Webb has its eye on Titan, a moon of Saturn, a place where methane and ethane make up its liquid rivers and seas. Learn more about future Titan studies in Other Worlds Episode 3. NASA+: t.co/HDn825EwWE Youtube: t.co/CzJyKV0ZFA

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