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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 6h

Happy World Space Week! If you're searching up space facts today, you might run into our newest image! 👇 🔗 Google.com

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 10h

Brewing up new stars 🪄 Webb’s unique view of the stellar nursery known as NGC 7129 reveals numerous stars formerly hidden in this cosmic cauldron, helping astronomers study the star lifecycle in more depth. t.co/JZwya3QLUR 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4y9abFE

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 01/10/2026

Silica-rich debris disks seem to be produced by high-energy impacts between Mars-sized bodies around younger stars. Silica-poor ones might be formed by smaller scale collisions across a range of ages, which is likely why they vary in brightness.

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NASA Webb Telescope @nasawebb.extwitter.link · 01/10/2026

They say planet formation’s a cruel endeavor Violent collisions, like that between a proto-Earth and a Mars-sized object named Theia 4.5 billion years ago, shaped our home planet. Webb is helping compare other young stellar systems to our own. t.co/Chc49miHrh 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4rL1UpN

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

On the left here is @NASAHubble’s 2014 image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300. It shows quite a different scene. Because Webb is more sensitive to redder light, we are able to see hundreds more galaxies in the same scene.

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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 is also a unique perspective on protostars, a few of which can be seen in the upper-right. They are ejecting powerful jets that have crashed into the gas and dust surrounding them, creating luminous regions called Herbig-Haro objects.

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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 · 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

Webb’s mid-infrared data revealed the clear signature of oxygen-rich silicate dust, as well as, for the first time, water, in IRS 3’s dust envelope. Even under the harsh conditions of its environment, stars can produce dust, which will help create future generations of stars!

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

IRS 3 is a star near the end of its life cycle, located just over half a light year away from Sgr A*. Similar huge, cool, luminous stars shed dust-producing gas with their powerful stellar winds. But do stars so close to a supermassive black hole produce dust?

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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

Understanding why the swept-up gas has a complex structure of rings and shells, a common feature in nebula of this kind, is an ongoing endeavor. t.co/NLuNLoVZAk (This view is Webb's Lion Nebula in mid-infrared light alone.) 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4q7swQV

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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

In about 40 minutes!! 🔗 twitter.com/i/status/207958...

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

Beta Pic d was found while studying the atmosphere of Beta Pic b. An unexpected blob was spotted with the distinctive signature of carbon monoxide. The object’s speed, position, and alignment with the debris disk of the star made it clear it's not just a background object.

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

Beta Pic d is likely twice the mass of Jupiter, and the smallest of the three known giant planets in this system. It orbits at a distance of about 30 astronomical units, putting it somewhere around where Neptune is located in our own system.

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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

And to round out four years of history-making science, we're celebrating 2026 and what we've learned so far. From far away and very old "Little Red Dots" to new views of Saturn's sunlit surface, 2026 is shaping up to be another incredible year of science!

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

In 2025, we looked back in time! Abell S1063 was Webb's deepest look back on a single target as of 2025. Webb discovered a new moon around Uranus and examined the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e spectrum, a system with many rocket planets, including some in its habitabl... 🔗 x.com/NASAWebb/status/20767...

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

New views of familiar sights in 2024. Webb showed us a new map of Jupiter's Great Red Spot using the telescope's Integral Field Unit on the NIRSpec instrument. Webb also teamed up with Chandra X-Ray Observatory to show us a new view of the Crab Nebula, which was ... 🔗 x.com/NASAWebb/status/20767...

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

2023 brought us new views of Uranus, Star Cluster IC 348, Sagittarius C, Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1226+2152, and Supernova remnant Cas A. The spectrum of LHS 475b shows the first use of Webb to confirm an exoplanet!

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

In 2022, Webb peered into the Cartwheel Galaxy, Tarantula Nebula, and galaxy cluster MACS0647. We saw the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet (WASP-39) and looked at Wolf-Rayet 140, where we saw not one, but two stars.

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

Starting with our first images, released on July 12, 2022, Webb wowed the world with its never-before-seen views of the "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula, WASP 96-b spectrum, Stephan's Quintet, and Galaxy Cluster SMACS 0723.

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

Starting with our first images, released on July 12, 2021, Webb wowed the world with its never-before-seen views of the "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula, Southern Ring Nebula, WASP 96-b spectrum, Stephan's Quintet, and Galaxy Cluster SMACS 0723.

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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

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

Though dust obscures background stars and galaxies, in @NASAHubble’s image of FS Tau (right) we can see protostar FS Tau b, its dusty protoplanetary disk, and its jet of matter (colored cyan). Compare to the Webb image on the left!

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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

@NASAHubble Because Webb can see infrared light, it is able to peer through clouds of dust and gas to see the shape of this edge-on galaxy, as well as approximately 16.5 million of its stars.

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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 captured the most detailed data to date of one of these LRDs (named GLIMPSE-17775, dating back to 1.8 billion years after the big bang) that supports the interpretation that this object is a rapidly growing black hole enveloped in a dense gas cocoon.

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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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