.@NASAHubble’s observations of M74 revealed bright areas of star formation in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. Webb’s infrared vision is helping to pinpoint these regions, accurately measure the masses and ages of star clusters, and gain insight into interstellar dust.
Feast your eyes on the beautiful spiral structure of the Phantom Galaxy, M74, as seen by Webb in the mid-infrared. Delicate filaments of dust and gas wind outwards from the center of the galaxy, which has a ring of star formation around its nucleus. https://t.co/pPVvxsC6KA
Call it cosmic serendipity that we're celebrating @NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson's birthday on #WomensEqualityDay. ✨
Her calculations were critical to getting U.S. astronauts into orbit for the first time and paved the way for future missions like #Artemis!
1. Make way for the king of the solar system! 👑
New Webb images of Jupiter highlight the planet's features, including its turbulent Great Red Spot (shown in white here), in amazing detail. These images were processed by citizen scientist Judy Schmidt: https://t.co/gwxZOitCE3
Giant news from a giant planet!
@NASAWebb captured a new view of Jupiter in infrared light, uncovering clues to the planet’s inner life. Two moons, rings, and distant galaxies are visible. Get the details: https://t.co/6WKbAQY78z
Swirls of wind
The #JunoMission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter & imaged these vortices, or hurricane-like spiral wind patterns, near the gas giant’s north pole. These strong storms can be over 30 miles (50km) high & hundreds of miles across. https://t.co/9z8F5m6Ol8