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The new multistripe subarrays offer a greatly improved bright limit and enable unsaturated observations of all currently known transiting exoplanet systems.
NIRCam's new superstripe readout capability offers significant improvements for imaging and time series observations.
STScI is requesting white papers from the community with compelling scientific ideas for Multi-Cycle Treasury programs that require large allocations of JWST telescope time to complete.
Use our online resources when preparing your Cycle 6 proposal.
The next two JWebbinars in August will focus on several topics related to Cycle 6 proposal preparation.
The Cycle 6 Call for Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) General Observer and Survey time and funding for Archival Research has been released.
Version 6.0 of the JWST Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) includes new capabilities and features for all four instruments in support of the Cycle 6 Call for Proposals.
These publicly available and documented tools help support proposal planning, data processing, and data analysis.
The report includes feedback, updates, and formal recommendations based on the JSTUC meeting in May 2026.
This JWebbinar will cover major updates to Jdaviz, the data visualization tool.
The new "multistripe" capability allows for short wavelength grism time-series spectroscopy to be taken simultaneously with long wavelength spectroscopy.
This JWebbinar will provide an overview of the JWST/HST Alignment Tool (JHAT).
This community initiative provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas and information related to the Rocky World DDT program.
The astronomical community will receive updates on JWST and have opportunities to interact with experts during the 248th AAS meeting.
The new MIRI Imager and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy (LRS) subarrays are designed to eliminate the primary source of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and facilitate instrument enhancements.
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