NASA's Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula
Webb is the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It studies every phase in the history of our Universe.
science.nasa.govidentified water ice at the edge of the HD 181327 system, and water vapor around a main-belt comet; these results come from NASA and Space.com reports; JWST continues to image distant galaxies and study exoplanetary atmospheres, star-forming regions, and dust production around massive stars; organic chemistry have been found in a primordial galaxy, broadening insights into early-universe chemistry; it has furthermore identified carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere; these detections underline JWST's role in exploration across the cosmos; additional sources note ongoing observations across the solar system and beyond; scientists continue to probe into dark matter and other cosmic mysteries with JWST; JWST's work spans exoplanets, star formation, and dust production around massive stars.