Overview

• Webb’s NIRCam delivered the sharpest infrared view yet of the Cat’s Paw Nebula about 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius, resolving filaments and cavities shaped by newborn stars.
• Near-infrared observations uncovered unexpectedly bright hydrogen emission in galaxy GZ-z13-1 just 330 million years after the Big Bang.
• The telescope’s coronagraph captured direct images of the four giant exoplanets orbiting HR 8799, offering fresh clues to their formation.
• Astronomers using the coronagraph identified a candidate exoplanet in the debris disc around TWA 7, marking the first such discovery with Webb.
• Time-lapse sequences recorded auroral eruptions on Jupiter over several hours, showcasing Webb’s dynamic monitoring of solar system phenomena.