Astronomy Picture of the Day · Topic
James Webb Space Telescope
81 entries from March 12, 2010 to September 17, 2026. Entries that mention the James Webb Space Telescope.
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September 17, 2026 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç
September 16, 2026 Webb's View of M64
NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (ESO), J. Lee (STScI), A. Leroy (OSU), and D. Thilker (JHU); Processing: G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University)
August 26, 2026 JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
June 4, 2026 A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs
Image Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Cami ( Western University ); Image Processing: K. Beecroft Text: Jan Cami ( Western University ) & Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )
March 9, 2026 The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI ; Processing: J. DePasquale ( STScI )
February 26, 2026 Webb and Hubble: IC 5332
Image Credit: ESA/Webb , NASA , CSA , J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST and PHANGS-HST Teams Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )
February 6, 2026 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI ; D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)
February 3, 2026 Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
Image Credit: ESA/Webb , NASA & CSA , J. H. Kastner ( RIT )
January 21, 2026 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Janice Lee ( NOIRLab ) – Processing: Alyssa Pagan ( STScI )
January 18, 2026 Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , Jupiter ERS Team ; Processing: Ricardo Hueso ( UPV/EHU ) & Judy Schmidt
December 24, 2025 Mystery: Little Red Dots in the Early Universe
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , JWST ; Dale Kocevski ( Colby College )
November 24, 2025 Apep: Unusual Dust Shells from Webb
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , JWST ; Science: Y. Han ( Caltech ), R. White ( Macquarie U. ); Image Processing: A. Pagan ( STScI )Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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2026 (10)
- Sep 17 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
- Sep 16 Webb's View of M64
- Aug 26 JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula
- Jun 4 A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs
- Mar 9 The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope
- Feb 26 Webb and Hubble: IC 5332
- Feb 6 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Feb 3 Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
- Jan 21 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Jan 18 Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
2025 (18)
- Dec 24 Mystery: Little Red Dots in the Early Universe
- Nov 24 Apep: Unusual Dust Shells from Webb
- Oct 25 Webb's Rho Ophiuchi
- Oct 3 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- Aug 5 NGC 6072: A Complex Planetary Nebula from Webb
- Jul 21 Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope
- May 26 Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb
- May 8 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
- May 2 Young Star Cluster NGC 346
- Apr 21 Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb
- Apr 15 Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
- Apr 9 HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
- Apr 2 Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
- Mar 13 The Protostars within Lynds 483
- Feb 19 HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming
- Jan 29 Dust Shells around WR 140 from Webb
- Jan 17 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Jan 6 Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble
2024 (14)
- Nov 26 The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
- Nov 13 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Oct 29 NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb
- Sep 12 Young Star Cluster NGC 1333
- Sep 6 Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
- Jul 30 Arp 142: Interacting Galaxies from Webb
- Jun 27 Protostellar Outflows in Serpens
- Jun 24 JADES-GS-z14-0: A New Farthest Object
- Jun 8 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- May 3 Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b
- Apr 15 The Cigar Galaxy from Hubble and Webb
- Mar 7 The Crew-8 Nebula
- Feb 6 NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
- Jan 15 Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb
2023 (17)
- Dec 29 Shakespeare in Space
- Dec 14 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Nov 15 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
- Oct 10 Hidden Orion from Webb
- Sep 19 HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star
- Aug 31 The Crew-7 Nebula
- Aug 29 Unusual Spiral Galaxy M66 from Webb
- Aug 19 Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
- Aug 14 The Ring Nebula from Webb and Hubble
- Jul 28 Young Stars, Stellar Jets
- Jul 15 Webb's First Deep Field
- Jul 13 Webb's Rho Ophiuchi
- Jun 9 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- Mar 18 Wolf-Rayet 124
- Feb 18 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Jan 18 MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb
- Jan 13 Young Star Cluster NGC 346
2022 (16)
- Dec 6 M16: A Star Forming Pillar from Webb
- Dec 2 Merging Galaxy Pair IIZw096
- Nov 18 The Protostar within L1527
- Oct 20 Pillars of Creation
- Oct 13 Dust Shells around WR 140 from Webb
- Sep 23 Ringed Ice Giant Neptune
- Sep 7 Tarantula Stars R136 from Webb
- Sep 5 Carina Cliffs from the Webb Space Telescope
- Aug 30 Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
- Aug 24 The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb
- Jul 22 Spiral Galaxy M74: A Sharper View
- Jul 20 Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
- Jul 18 Stephan's Quintet from Webb, Hubble, and Subaru
- Jul 14 Webb's Southern Ring Nebula
- Jul 13 Webb's First Deep Field
- Mar 19 2MASS J17554042+6551277
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2021 (3)
2017 (1)
- Mar 18 JWST: Ghosts and Mirrors
2016 (1)
- May 9 Webb Telescope Mirror Rises after Assembly Video
2010 (1)
- Mar 12 JWST: Mirrors and Masked Men
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