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ALT A forming protostar surrounded by a large hourglass-shaped nebula. A bright orange object, the protostar, lies at the center of this image. In front of the protostar is a thin grey line, which is the protostar’s accretion disk. Above the protostar is an orange, triangular cloud of gas that points to the top left of the image. The area closest to the protostar is a brighter orange than the area to the top left, and has more pronounced plumes of orange gas. Below the protostar is another triangular cloud of gas that points to the bottom right of the image. The area closest to the protostar is a blend of pronounced blue and orange plumes of gas. Farther toward the bottom right, the color of the gas turns primarily blue. Stars and galaxies of many different shapes and sizes are scattered around the image, although they are noticeably more absent on the left side of the hourglass.
ALT Collage of 9 Webb costumes. Top row, left to right: Young boy in a striped green shirt has a Webb mirror headpiece with long struts sticking out. Toddler in an astronaut suit, pink bow, & too-big blue shoes has a Webb mirror cutout over her head. Bald man with dark facial hair has the Webb spacecraft sticking out of his torso, including the mirrors and 5-layer sunshield. Second row, left to right: Toddler in star headband & Webb mirror costume next to woman in NASA cleanroom suit. Man with a Webb mirror on his torso. Woman poses with a space backdrop in a Webb mirror costume. Last row, left to right: Dad with the Webb mirror around his shoulders & struts extending beyond his head. Below him is a toddler in a blue toy car. Behind them is a "dinosaur" skeleton display. Next, a woman wearing a paper-mache Webb mirror around her torso and a man in a black NASA shirt and bald cap. Last, a woman with the Webb mirror in front of her torso, silver foil sunshield "skirt,” & galaxy leggings.
ALT This Webb image shows a bright dot at the center of star-filled black space. The bright dot is actually two stars meeting, as their orbits bring them together every 8 years. The stellar pair are surrounded by 17 rings of gas and dust that appear orangish pink, like the rings of a tree trunk. The rings have a slight rectangular shape and are very clear and defined starting at about 1 o’clock on a clockface. The rings start to break up a bit to our view traveling clockwise around the image. As you arrive at the 8 o’clock position, only parts of about six rings can be seen as they disappear from view.
ALT Jupiter dominates the black background of space. The image is a composite, and shows Jupiter in enhanced color, featuring the planet’s turbulent Great Red Spot, which appears white here. The planet is striated with swirling horizontal stripes of neon turquoise, periwinkle, light pink, and cream. The stripes interact and mix at their edges like cream in coffee. Along both of the poles, the planet glows in turquoise. Bright orange auroras glow just above the planet’s surface at both poles.
ALT Screenshot of a PowerPoint slide. Text: Webb’s First Look at the Universe. Artist’s conception of the Webb Space Telescope, with NASA, ESA, and CSA logos.
ALT Image showing thousands of distant galaxies of different shapes, sizes, colors, and brightness, with a scattering of bright foreground stars.
ALT Six segments of the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirror undergo cryogenic testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
ALT The iconic honeycomb shape of the Webb telescope mirror appears on a starry background. Nineteen hexagons are filled with images of celestial objects.
ALT A picture of the James Webb Space Telescope in a clean room surrounded by white walls. The telescope's primary mirror, made of gold hexagons, is folded with the side wings tucked behind the center portion. The secondary mirror tripod is also folded up above the primary mirror. Its silver sunshield is fully deployed. A person in a white clean room suit is standing on a lift, looking down at the sunshield. Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn