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You are gazing at Webb’s First Deep Field. There will be many more from #NASAWebb . Bright white galaxies are stirring up this scene in galaxy cluster SMACS 0723—warping and stretching the light from extremely distant galaxies: (1/3)

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WE HAVE A TELESCOPE! #NASAWebb

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BREAKING NEWS: #NASAWebb ushers in a new era of exoplanet science with the first unequivocal detection of CARBON DIOXIDE in a planetary atmosphere outside our solar system. (1/5) 🧵

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All five sunshield layers on #NASAWebb are fully deployed! 🎉 #UnfoldTheUniverse

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You will be able to track @NASAWebb after it launches tomorrow! Bookmark this page as Webb goes through "29 Days on the Edge."

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The James Webb Space Telescope is safely in space, powered on and communicating with ground controllers. Webb continues in coast phase, and is now oriented correctly with respect to the Sun: #UnfoldTheUniverse #NASAWebb

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Explore all of the James Webb Space Telescope's first images in one place: #NASAWebb #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Far out … ominous … glittering! #NASAWebb ’s views of the Pillars of Creation shows the capacity of infrared light: The first combines mid- and near-infrared light, the second is mid-infrared-only, spotlighting dust. Near-infrared-only shows the stars:

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Celebrations around the #NASAWebb Mission Operations Center at STScI! We have a telescope in space! Thank you to everyone for your support for this mission. #UnfoldTheUniverse

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President Joe Biden will release one of #NASAWebb ’s first images in a preview event on Monday at 5 p.m. EDT at the White House. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will provide remarks. A live stream of the event will be available on NASA TV:

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#Hubble demonstrates the power of infrared light (right) to show us more, younger stars in its "Pillars of Creation" images. With increased infrared detection, @NASAWebb will go farther, seeking out the mysteries of star formation: #WebbScience

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Why, hello, gorgeous! #NASAWebb visited the iconic Pillars of Creation, capturing it in near-infrared light and delivering a kaleidoscope of color. Can you identify the newest stars? (Hint: They’re red and look like lava!) Details:

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The Pillars of Creation appear in a fuller palette of infrared light, thanks to #NASAWebb ! Near-infrared captures stars that are fully formed and still emerging from these spires. Mid-infrared light reveals the dust—see the orange and indigos:

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The #NASAWebb team finished tensioning the first layer of the observatory’s sunshield—that is, tightening it into its final, completely taut position: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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WEBB UPDATE: This image shows that the #NASAWebb team has moved each of the telescope's 18 primary mirror segments to bring 18 unfocused copies of a single star into a planned hexagonal formation: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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#NASAWebb 's secondary mirror is in place and getting latched now! #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Stephan’s Quintet was one of #NASAWebb ’s first images, released to celebrate the beginning of Webb’s first year of scientific observations. Since then, Webb has helped us observe the evolution and life cycles of different galaxies: Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA

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This image of NGC 346 is one of 119 targets selected for #NASAWebb ’s Guaranteed Time Observation programs in its first year. These programs were reserved for those who helped develop key hardware and software for Webb: Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA.

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#NASAWebb ’s near-infrared data of the Cosmic Cliffs were set to sound! This track highlights the right side shown in blue. Can you hear the “mountaintop” as it rises and falls? Get all the tracks for the full auditory immersion:

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#NASAWebb will soon reveal unprecedented and detailed views of the universe, with the upcoming release of its first full-color images and spectroscopic data! Below is the list of objects that Webb targeted for these first observations, which will be released on July 12. (1/8)

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Ground teams plan to fire #NASAWebb 's thrusters at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 24, to insert the telescope into orbit at the second Lagrange point, or L2, its intended destination, nearly 1 million miles from Earth. #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Forgive our excitement, but 🥳🥳🥳. How excited are you?!

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✅ Rollout complete! The James Webb Space Telescope and the @ariane5 rocket it’s riding on are all settled in their final position on Earth. Next step: launch on Dec. 25 at 7:20 am ET (12:20 UTC) to #UnfoldTheUniverse : 📸: NASA/Bill Ingalls

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When we look out into space, we are also looking back in time! Observations from #NASAWebb will compliment Hubble observations and extend our view to the earliest galaxies in the universe: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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You won’t find this ghostly face at Camp Crystal Lake, but instead 704 million light-years away! What appears to be Jason in space is actually two galaxies in a head-on collision. Learn more about this fascinating “face”: #FridayThe13th

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#NASAWebb has captured new images of gas giant Jupiter! Webb’s observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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#NASAWebb provides us with a rich view of the crimson “spokes” of gas that feed into the Cartwheel Galaxy’s central active black hole. Explore the details of Webb’s observation of this interacting galaxy: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Astronomers predict our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy are headed for a merger. What will that look like for future stargazers on Earth? See the night sky imagined billions of years into the future with this interactive:

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Have you ever wondered: If black holes don’t emit or reflect light—which means we can’t see them—how do astronomers know they are there? 🤔 The same way you know its windy on Earth without being able to see wind! Check it out: #BlackHoleWeek

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#NASAWEBB TELESCOPE UPDATE: Mission management decided this morning to pause sunshield deployment activities for today. Work on the deployment of the sunshield mid-booms went late into the night yesterday. #UnfoldTheUniverse

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When it comes to drama, it’s hard to beat spiral galaxy Messier 96. Stark dust lanes seem to swirl inward—an illusion compounded by the excess of dust on one side of the galaxy. This Hubble image combines visible and near-infrared light. Credit:

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Today, at 2 p.m. EST, #NASAWebb fired its onboard thrusters for nearly five minutes (297 seconds) to complete the final post-launch course correction to send Webb to L2. “Webb, welcome home!” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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The data from the Cartwheel Galaxy are only a tiny fraction of the hundreds of terabytes of data stored in the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes during #NASAWebb ’s first year of observations:

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Let yourself be hypnotized by the beauty of the Pinwheel Galaxy, and see what different wavelengths of light reveal and conceal. NASA space telescopes each provide a unique view of the galaxy's structure and stars. Learn more:

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The moment we’ll never forget: watching #NASAWebb head off into the universe, successfully performing its very first operation—the deployment of the solar array that powers the rest of its mission. 🤩 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA. #WebbLaunchAnniversary

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What do Edgar Allan Poe (born 214 years ago today) and STScI have in common? Baltimore! The “Master of Macabre” is buried here, and once upon a midday dreary, while we pondered, weak and weary, what Poe would say about the universe we’ve seen:

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If you’ve caught any of the live feeds from the Mission Operations Center for #NASAWebb , you’ve likely heard many references to “MOM.” Who is the MOM? Carl Starr is the Mission Operations Manager (MOM) for the Webb Space Telescope project. Credit: J. Barrientes/STScI.

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Is this one galaxy or two? Two! The two galaxies are separated by tens of millions of light-years. Researchers were able to disentangle them because they are moving in different directions. Credit:

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Teamwork makes the dream work. With multiple observations from different ground- and space-based observatories—including Hubble—astronomers can build a fuller picture of a galaxy, including its stars and dust. Take NGC 3351 as an example:

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#NASAWebb provides a never-before-seen look at the five galaxies known as Stephan’s Quintet. This image, composed of 150 million pixels, is Webb’s largest picture to date so far: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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When will we see @NASAWebb ’s first images? NASA plans to release them in summer 2022. It will take time for Webb to cool down, and for scientists to calibrate its instruments. Much like a Hollywood blockbuster, Webb will be worth the wait! Credit:

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This spiral galaxy hosted at least 10 supernovas in one century! 💥 NGC 6946 is roughly 25 million light-years away in the Virgo Supercluster. It was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope and @SubaruTel_Eng for this composite image. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/R. Gendler/NAOJ.

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Check out these cakes baked by some of our staff, inspired by #NASAWebb and space! Cake decorators can find inspiration anywhere. Have Webb or Hubble inspired you to bake as well? Show us your creations for #NationalCakeDay ! Credit: A. Pagan (STScI), J. Barrientes (STScI).

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Most of the stars at the center of NGC 3609 formed at about the same time but differ in mass, temperature, and color. These differences give scientists opportunities to study stellar life cycles in detail. Explore the effects of this cluster on the nebula:

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Meet Joseph DePasquale (left) and Alyssa Pagan, the production team that will receive the data from #NASAWebb ’s instrument scientists and process it into images for astronomers and the public. ⬇️ #UnfoldTheUniverse (1/5)

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#NASAWebb ’s raw images are black and white! Alyssa Pagan, a science visuals developer at STScI, shares how she assigns color and composes Webb’s full-color images. She also explains how infrared light is different than visible light. Details:

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David Balogun, who recently graduated high school at the age of 9—and is considering becoming an astrophysicist—visited STScI today for a tour of the #NASAWebb Mission Operations Center. He was able to see different careers available for those interested in pursuing science. 🌟

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In #NASAWebb ’s first look at Neptune, we’re seeing the clearest view of the planet’s rings in decades. 💍 Learn more about what scientists see in this image of Neptune, including why it’s not the trademark blue:

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HAPPENING NOW: #NASAWebb Primary Mirror Deployment Has Begun: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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While the purpose of this image was to focus on the bright star at the center for alignment evaluation, #NASAWebb 's optics and NIRCam are so sensitive that the galaxies and stars seen in the background show up! 😮 More about Webb’s mirror alignment:

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The first of two #NASAWebb primary mirror wings, or side panels, was deployed and latched successfully: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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This Hubble Ultra Deep Field contains approximately 10,000 galaxies, extending back in time to within a few hundred million years of the big bang. What do galaxies that existed even earlier look like? Two teams using #NASAWebb will revise what we know:

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Who needs a bit of eye candy? We present #Hubble ’s image of spiral galaxy NGC 1390! Look for the bright blue areas of star formation in its spiral arms. Trace the dust lanes that spiral into a yellowish central nucleus. #gorgeous Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and A. Riess.

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Today is #NationalCatDay and you get to decide which Hubble image is the best celestial cat photo! 1) Cat's Eye Nebula (Credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC/STScI/AURA) 2) Cat's Paw Nebula (Credit: NASA/ESA) Choose your answer below!

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Happy #ValentinesDay , @NASAWebb ! May we discover the beauty of the early universe together. Credit: Northrup Grumman/STScI.

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The @ariane5 is ready for the scheduled Dec. 25 launch of @NASAWebb at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Who will be watching the launch with us? Want more photos of the rocket on the launch pad? ➡️

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This 28-hour exposure Hubble image shows a spiral galaxy in the Coma Cluster. NGC 4911 has rich lanes of dust and gas near its center, and it shows signs of ongoing star formation in the pink clouds of hydrogen:

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#NASAWebb 's secondary mirror deployment is now planned for tomorrow, January 5. Sunshield tensioning was completed today, on the 10th day after launch. #UnfoldTheUniverse

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We have quite a light show for you: #NASAWebb ’s view of its first deep field in mid-infrared light! Stars have six tiny spikes. If an object is blue and lacks spikes, it’s a galaxy with very little dust. Compare Webb’s images:

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"In the first year of science operations, we expect Webb to write entirely new chapters in the history of our origins – the formation of stars and planets." — @pontoppi , #NASAWebb project scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute ➡️

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Hubble and Webb have teamed up to give us a truly unique view of the Phantom Galaxy! Hubble’s observation on the left shows us stars in the spiral arms, while Webb shows gas and dust throughout the arms on the right. But the center image is the best part:

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How do you create the best image to tell the story of a “new” kind of supernova? Senior science visuals developer Joe DePasquale reports.

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This shows the long-studied Hubble Ultra Deep Field compared to the new infrared view from #NASAWebb . Despite the similarities between these observations, Webb resolved this image in one-tenth the time:

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No, these aren’t creepy soot-tinged fingers reaching out! These pillars, flush with gas and dust, “bury” the stars slowly forming within them. Mid-infrared light, captured by #NASAWebb , highlights the dust—leaving only a few stars in view: #Halloween

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🚨 COMING JULY 12 🚨: The first full-color images and additional spectroscopic data from #NASAWebb is scheduled to be released on July 12 and will showcase Webb’s capabilities and kick off its science mission. (1/8) 🧵 #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, right? Well, the Orion Bar is definitely 🚫 that place. It’s actually a ridge-like feature of gas and dust within the spectacular Orion Nebula. (1/5)

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The #NASAWebb L2 Mid Course Correction Burn (MCC2) is ongoing: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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1) #NASAWebb ’s first official scientific observation of an exoplanet; 2) the first detailed exoplanet spectrum covering this range of near-infrared colors; and 3) the first indisputable evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. (4/5)

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#NASAWebb has taken its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant named HIP 65426 b. Webb’s ability to capture worlds beyond our solar system will help us learn more about exoplanets: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Hubble observed the gauzy remains of a Type Ia supernova in the neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud in 2014. Type Ias have a predictable brightness that lets astronomers measure the expansion history of the universe, which led to the discovery of dark energy. Credit: NASA/ESA.

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Wish you were behind the controls, commanding the #NASAWebb ? We’ve got the next best thing! Read highlights from an interview with three engineers who sit behind the consoles give their experiences during Webb’s December 25th launch: (1/8)

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The @HubbleTelescope demonstrates the differences between visible (left) and infrared (right) light in these images of a stellar nursery. @NASAWebb will see even more infrared light, working with Hubble to reveal more of our universe. 🤩 Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI.

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After years of preparation and anticipation, exoplanet researchers are ecstatic! The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an astonishingly detailed rainbow of near-infrared starlight filtered through the atmosphere of a hot gas giant 700 light-years away. (2/5)

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How did Webb's first images make you feel? 🥲😮😳 The #Webb mission staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute loved reading some of your #SweetTweets ! #UnfoldTheUniverse

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The Starfish Galaxy is certainly picturesque, but that’s not why @NASAWebb will study it during the first year of operations. The result of a galactic collision, NGC 6240 contains two supermassive black holes at its heart! 👀 Credit: ESA/Hubble.

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UPDATE: The #NASAWebb team has completed tensioning for the first three layers of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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The #NASAWebb team finished tensioning the first layer of the observatory’s sunshield—that is, tightening it into its final, completely taut position: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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UPDATE: 7:20 pm EST—60 hours after liftoff— #NASAWebb ’s second mid-course correction burn began. It lasted 9 minutes and 27 seconds and is now complete. This burn is one of three planned course corrections to put the telescope precisely in orbit around L2:

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You are not seeing double! #NASAWebb has captured two views of the Southern Ring Nebula. Why? Look at the central stars. Only one is visible in near infrared at left, but two appear in mid-infrared light. Webb has brought the pair into full focus:

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This was definitely the selfie seen around the world! But HOW was #NASAWebb able to take a selfie? Joe DePasquale, senior science visuals developer at @stsci , digs in! 🧵 <1/9>

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The @SOFIAtelescope observed a Y-shaped structure of warm material (shown in white) falling toward our Milky Way’s black hole—located near where the two arms of the Y intersect in this composite image with Hubble. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Hubble.

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What is the relationship between a galaxy and the supermassive black hole at its core? #NASAWebb will begin looking for answers with quasars, the bright heart of a galaxy with an active supermassive black hole: #WebbScience #UnfoldTheUniverse

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With the successful extension of #NASAWebb 's second sunshield mid-boom, the observatory has passed another critical deployment milestone. Webb’s sunshield now resembles its full, kite-shaped form in space: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Magnetic field lines from @SOFIAtelescope data placed on this Hubble and Spitzer image make M82 appear to stretch on indefinitely into the universe. Credit: NASA, SOFIA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team, JPL-Caltech.

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Make your Halloween pumpkin shine bright like a star observed by #NASAWebb ! 🌟 🎃 The eight-point diffraction spikes are a signature look in Webb’s images of bright objects in the universe. Download the stencil and follow the directions:

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Who’s dazzled? We are! Learn how @NASAWebb ’s observations of 19 spiral galaxies will help an international research team complete a more detailed sketch of the stellar life cycle with its high-resolution infrared-light images: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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#NASAWebb is nearly set to explore the planets and their satellites, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, which move across the background stars of our galaxy:

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Within the first year of operations, #NASAWebb will help researchers complete a more detailed sketch of the stellar life cycle with high-resolution infrared-light images of 19 galaxies. (1/5) #UnfoldTheUniverse

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The Cartwheel Galaxy, a rare ring galaxy once shrouded in dust and mystery, has been unveiled by the imaging capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope. (1/4)

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#NASAWebb ’s First Deep Field gives us a great mid- and near-infrared light match up! The near-infrared image at right may feel more familiar since its awash in galaxies. At left, the colors tell us a lot about their contents! (1/5) 🧵

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Zoom into some of the James Webb Space Telescope's greatest images: #NASAWebb #FridayFeeling

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Part 1: #NASAWebb rode a custom-made suitcase 🧳 for its overseas trip from California to French Guiana to keep it clean and secure. But first, they had to get the case through the streets of Southern California to meet its ship. Credit: @NASAGoddard

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How are #NASAWebb ’s observations transformed into the stunning full-color images you see from NASA? Joe DePasquale and Alyssa Pagan, science visuals developers at STScI, introduce their techniques! Want even more? The process in detail:

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Anyone else taking their first breath in a while upon seeing #NASAWebb separate from its launch vehicle and start to unfold? 😅 #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Want to be one of the first to know when #NASAWebb 's first images are released this summer? Follow us at @SpaceTelescope and we'll send several tweets out when the images are released! Yes, it's that simple! 😁 #UnfoldTheUniverse

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Many of the extremely distant galaxies in this field don’t yet have names, nor are they formally cataloged. This is the first time we’ve detected them! #NASAWebb has provided the deepest view of the universe to date—and it is overflowing with new information. (2/3)

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#NASAWebb has detected the distinct signature of water—along with evidence for clouds and haze—on the hot, puffy gas giant planet known as WASP-96 b:

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“Roses are red, violets are blue, good luck on the launch— @NASAWebb , we love you!” Write your own love letter to Webb with the help of @NHSM_Naturalist :

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"I wish I may, I wish I might, understand the stars that shine at night!" It seems the more we stargaze, the more there is to know. #NASAWebb will be an outpost, 1 million miles away, searching the stars for answers to our biggest questions: #WebbScience

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The infrared universe unfolds: In this full-color image, #NASAWebb reveals the Cosmic Cliffs, a dynamic star-forming region in the Carina Nebula featuring hundreds of never-before-seen young stars. Discover more: #UnfoldTheUniverse

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@SpaceTelescope

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The white dwarf hidden in the planetary nebula SuWt2 remains a mystery. Originally, researchers hypothesized that the white dwarf was behind two other stars. However, they were later found to have no association with it. Read about the original theory:

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The #NASAWebb team turned on the High-Gain Antenna, enabling downlink to Earth through the Deep Space Network. The antenna will allow Webb to send science images and data to Earth for astronomers to analyze: #UnfoldTheUniverse Credit: @CanberraDSN

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