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Science images from the James Webb Space Telescope

As the most powerful space telescope ever built, Webb is set to reveal the hidden universe in unprecedented detail. Webb is an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.

A pair of stars and a semi-transparent cloud

Herbig-Haro 46/47 — NIRCam
Infrared image of a colourful nebula with bright patches and filaments

NGC 346 — MIRI
Close-up view of Herbig-Haro 211. Several stars shine brightly in the background.

Herbig-Haro 211 – NIRCam
Arp 220 shines brightly at the centre of the image. Other galaxies can be seen on the black background.

Arp 220 – NIRCam and MIRI
A black field speckled with a variety of galaxies of numerous shapes and sizes

ASPIRE — Filament of 10 galaxies captured by NIRCam
An artistic representation depicting the exoplanet WASP-18 b

WASP-18 b
Artist's illustration of an orange exoplanet in space

Sparkler Galaxy
Artist's illustration of an orange exoplanet in space

Artist's illustration of exoplanet WASP-96 b
Illustration of an exoplanet and its red dwarf star on a black background

Rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b – Illustration based on MIRI data
The Crab Nebula seen by James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument)

Crab Nebula – NIRCam and MIRI
A bright orange light in space

Maisie's Galaxy - Webb Telescope
A galaxy with a bright white core and several large spiral arms extending out from that core

Spiral galaxy NGC 6946 – MIRI
Colourful image of a supernova remnant, as seen in a diamond shape on a black background

Cassiopeia A – MIRI
Colourful image of part the Orion nebula, with numerous stars shining brightly through the dust and gas

Orion Bar – NIRCam
Image NGC 1365 MIRI

NGC 1365 – MIRI
Image NGC 7496 MIRI

NGC 7496 – MIRI
Image NGC 1433 MIRI

NGC 1433 – MIRI
Webb and Hubble composite image of a galaxy with bright white core and blue spiral arms.

NGC 5584 – Webb NIRCam and Hubble WFC3
The Ring Nebula was captured by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Ring Nebula – NIRCam
Illustration showing what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data.

Exoplanet K2-18 b – NIRISS
Image captured using the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument)

Ring Nebula – MIRI
Detailed image of Supernova 1987A, which occurred about 168,000 light-years from Earth.

Supernova 1987A – NIRCam
Image showing the Sunrise Arc, the most strongly magnified galaxy known in the early universe.

Sunrise Arc – NIRCam
Jets bursting from young stars illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas in a cosmic nursery.

Rho Ophiuchi – NIRCam
Uranus NIRCam

Uranus – NIRCam
Supernova Wolf-Rayet 124

Prelude to supernova – Wolf-Rayet 124 – NIRCam

Pandora's Cluster – NIRCam

NIRISS transmission spectrum of exoplanet WASP-39 b

Dust rings in the Wolf-Rayet 140 system – MIRI

Interacting galaxies VV 191 – Webb and Hubble, composite image

Close-up of Neptune – NIRCam

Webb's view of Neptune – NIRCam

Wide-field view of Jupiter – NIRCam

Composite image of Jupiter – NIRCam

Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula – NIRCam

The Tarantula Nebula – NIRCam

The Cartwheel Galaxy – NIRCam and MIRI

NIRCam image of the "Cosmic Cliffs" in Carina

Interacting galaxies in Stephan's Quintet – NIRCam and MIRI Imaging

NIRISS Transmission spectrum of exoplanet WASP-96 b

NIRISS transit light curve of exoplanet WASP-96 b

Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam and MIRI images side-by-side)

NIRCam image of Webb's first deep field

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