JWST Science

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has played an important role in defining the Science Goals of JWST. On our pages we provide information for the general public, interested scientists and JWST experts. Of particular importance is the Design Reference Mission (DRM), a set of hypothetical observing proposals that define a core science program for JWST and are used to carry out operational studies.

The original DRM was developed by the Ad-Hoc Science Working Group, one of the forerunners of the JWST Science Working Group (SWG). A more detailed science operations DRM (SO-DRM) was prepared to guide the development of the Science and Operations Center. It is based upon the JWST science requirements and goals as defined by the SWG (see this article). The SWG provides NASA guidance on the science goals and capabilities of JWST. STScI supports the SWG and has two participating members (ex-officio and selected).

If you would like to know whether your observations are going be feasible with JWST, you should look at the sensitivity estimates provided by the science instrument teams.

We present JWST science simulations, which are part of the program to investigate feasibility of JWST observations.