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  1. NASA's Webb, Hubble Combine to Create Most Colorful View of Universe

    November 09, 2023Release ID: 2023-146 Missions: Webb, Hubble

    The result: A vivid landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen newfound, time-varying objects.

    A field of galaxies on the black background of space. In the middle, stretching from left to right, is a collection of dozens of yellowish spiral and elliptical galaxies that form a foreground galaxy cluster. Among them are distorted linear features, which mostly appear to follow invisible concentric circles curving around the center of the image.

  2. Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, Most Distant Star Ever Detected

    August 09, 2023Release ID: 2023-132 Missions: Webb

    Observations hint at companion star

    A black background is scattered with hundreds of small galaxies of different shapes, ranging in color from white to yellow to red. Some galaxies, mostly the redder galaxies, are distorted, appearing to be stretched out or mirror imaged. Just a little bit above the center, there is a bright source of light, a star, with 8 bright diffraction spikes extending out from it. Below the star are several noticeably fuzzy white galaxies that resemble cotton balls – these are part of a galaxy cluster. To the lower right of the star is a particularly long, red, thin line stretching from one o’clock to 7 o’clock. This is the Sunrise Arc.

  3. New 3D Visualization Highlights 5,000 Galaxies Revealed by Webb in CEERS Survey

    July 10, 2023Release ID: 2023-126 Missions: Webb

    Data shows Webb’s ability to image and identify thousands of galaxies at once.

    An image of thousands of galaxies of different shapes and sizes in different shades of red, yellow, blue, and white. Most of these galaxies are fuzzy ovals with bright centers, while others appear like bright streaks atop the black background of space.

  4. NASA's Webb Uncovers New Details in Pandora’s Cluster

    February 15, 2023Release ID: 2023-107 Missions: Webb

    Astronomers are "star struck" by Webb’s deep-field image of the megacluster

    A crowded galaxy field on a black background, with one large star dominating the image just right of center. Three areas are concentrated with larger white hazy blobs on the left, lower right, and upper right above the single star. Scattered between these areas are many smaller sources of light; some also have a hazy white glow, while many other are red or orange. Even without zooming in, different galaxy shapes are detectable, like spirals, ovals, and arcs.

  5. NASA's Webb Draws Back Curtain on Universe's Early Galaxies

    November 17, 2022Release ID: 2022-044 Missions: Webb

    Telescope’s Infrared Vision Explores the Final Frontier

    Graphic titled “Abell 2744 GLASS JWST/NIRCam” with two large images showing thousands of galaxies of different colors, shapes, and sizes, and two smaller pull-outs showing details in the large images.

  6. NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Image of Universe Yet

    July 12, 2022Release ID: 2022-035 Missions: Webb

    Exquisite new data will transform our understanding of the early universe

    Image showing thousands of distant galaxies of different shapes, sizes, colors, and brightness, with a scattering of bright foreground stars.

  7. NASA’s Webb Produces the Most Detailed Image of the Early Universe to Date

    July 11, 2022Release ID: 2022-038 Missions: Webb

    Infrared light shows the deepest, sharpest view of distant galaxies ever obtained

    Image showing thousands of distant galaxies of different shapes, sizes, colors, and brightness, with a scattering of bright foreground stars.

  8. NASA's Webb to Uncover Riches of the Early Universe

    June 22, 2022Release ID: 2022-015 Missions: Webb

    Two research teams will use the telescope's powerful instruments to capture and characterize some of the earliest galaxies in the universe. 

    Space field full of colorful galaxies of different sizes and shapes

  9. Back to the Beginning: Probing the First Galaxies with Webb

    January 15, 2021Release ID: 2021-004 Missions: Webb

    Deep-sky survey seeks to answer some of astronomy's most pressing questions

    Telescope image of thousands of galaxies of different sizes, shapes, and colors.

  10. Roman Space Telescope Could Image 100 Hubble Ultra Deep Fields at Once

    January 11, 2021Release ID: 2021-003 Missions: Roman

    A Roman Ultra Deep Field would collect millions of galaxies, including some of the rarest and most distant

    Roman large field of view comparison to the Hubble ultra deep field

  11. Hubble Astronomers Assemble Wide View of the Evolving Universe

    May 02, 2019Release ID: 2019-17 Missions: Hubble

    Image contains 265,000 galaxies that stretch billions of years back in time.

    Hubble Astronomers Assemble Wide View of the Evolving Universe

  12. STScI Visualizations of the Universe Form Heart of New "Deep Field" Film

    November 16, 2018Release ID: 2018-51 Missions: STScI, Hubble

    Film inspired and written by Grammy award-winning composer Eric Whitacre celebrates Hubble

    STScI Visualizations of the Universe Form Heart of New "Deep Field" Film

  13. Hubble Paints Picture of the Evolving Universe

    August 16, 2018Release ID: 2018-35 Missions: Hubble

    Ultraviolet light adds missing piece to cosmic puzzle

    Hubble Paints Picture of the Evolving Universe

  14. Hubble Team Unveils Most Colorful View of Universe Captured by Space Telescope

    June 03, 2014Release ID: 2014-27 Missions: Hubble

    Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe – among the most colorful deep space images ever captured by the 24-year-old telescope. This study, which inclu...

    Thousands of galaxies spread across the vast backdrop of space.

  15. Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn

    December 12, 2012Release ID: 2012-48 Missions: Hubble

    Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a previously unseen population of seven primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was less than 3 percent of its...

    Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn

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