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Webb builds on the legacy of previous space-based telescopes to push the boundaries of human knowledge even further, to the formation of the first galaxies and the horizons of other worlds.</p> <p class="spaced-sub-text" style="text-align: center;">Explore the universe with Webb.</p> <script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script> </div></section><section id="section-6f34cf66-cc96-4a67-92de-b3deec77a459" data-name="section-latest-news" class="section-row light-background-outreach-light-grey" > <div class="component-block container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="section-header col-xs-12 text-center"> <h2 id="h2-93e2587c-f010-4cae-9b2b-0015d5f88a6f" data-name="h2-latest-news" class="section-header__title" data-include-in-navigation="true"> Latest News</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component-block container-fluid "> <ul role="list" class="content-block-wrapper justify-content-center "> <li class="content-prev-wrapper text-center latest-news"> <div class="content-prev flex-col content-prev--news-promo card flex-col" data-module-dynamic="card"> <h3 id="h3-news-item-3ca846b3-53d6-444b-ba92-be31513aad8d" class="content-prev__head"> <a href="/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-114" class="card-link" > NASA's Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide</a></h3> <div class="preheader preheader--news-promo-header"> <div class="preheader__item">March 17, 2025</div> </div> <div class="content-prev__image"> <img alt="This image shows the planetary system HR 8799. The background is black. At the center there is a symbol representing a star labeled HR 8799. The star’s light is blocked. There are four exoplanets, which look like fuzzy dots, pictured surrounding the star. Furthest from the star is a fuzzy, faint blue dot, labeled b, at the 10 o’clock position. At the 1 o’clock position, second furthest from the star is a blueish-white fuzzy dot labeled c. Just below that is an orange dot labeled e. At the 4 o’clock position, still near the star, is another fuzzy white dot labeled d." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="//stsci-opo.org/STScI-01JNH68NQSKK3352G6EKG4MPYM.png" /></div> <span id="card-read-more-3ca846b3-53d6-444b-ba92-be31513aad8d" class="btn" aria-hidden="true">Read More</span> </div></li> </ul> </div></section><section id="section-326efbcb-4038-4acd-897f-c492c630fbad" data-name="section-announcements" class="section-row none" > <div class="component-block container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="section-header col-xs-12 text-center"> <h2 id="h2-326efbcb-4038-4acd-897f-c492c630fbad" data-name="h2-announcements" class="section-header__title" data-include-in-navigation="true"> Announcements</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component-block container-fluid"> <h3 id=h3-109f22d1-1aa1-40c1-9a01-5c27057dbb56 class="text-center sr-only">Current</h3> <div class="announcements-row"> <ul role="list" aria-describedby="h3-109f22d1-1aa1-40c1-9a01-5c27057dbb56"> <li> <div class="announcement hover-reveal card announcement__wrapper-link" data-module-dynamic="card"> <div class="announcement__right"> <h4 id="h4-announcement-9946bf75-e644-4f86-98ad-029f5e117209" aria-describedby="card-read-more-9946bf75-e644-4f86-98ad-029f5e117209"> <a href="/science/the-observatory/what-is-webb-observing-now" class="card-link" target="_self"> What Is Webb Looking at Now?</a></h4> <div class="announcement__description"> Check out Space Telescope Live to find out what Webb is observing and why scientists are interested.   <span class="announcement__learn-more arrow-link" id="card-read-more-9946bf75-e644-4f86-98ad-029f5e117209" aria-hidden="true" data-href="/cms/render/live/en/sites/webb/home/science/the-observatory/what-is-webb-observing-now.html"> Start Exploring</span> </div> </div> <div class="announcement__left"> <picture class="flex-ratio"><img alt="Line drawing of the Webb Space Telescope. In the background is a Webb image showing numerous stars and a pinkish yellow to brown cloud of gas and dust." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn768 768w" sizes="320px" /></picture><noscript><img alt="Line drawing of the Webb Space Telescope. In the background is a Webb image showing numerous stars and a pinkish yellow to brown cloud of gas and dust." class="noscript-img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg?t=tn768 768w" sizes="320px" /></noscript></div> </div> </li><li> <div class="announcement hover-reveal card announcement__wrapper-link" data-module-dynamic="card"> <div class="announcement__right"> <h4 id="h4-announcement-e17454e6-d03e-4239-ba83-440836fa7ccf" aria-describedby="card-read-more-e17454e6-d03e-4239-ba83-440836fa7ccf"> <a href="/science/early-highlights" class="card-link" target="_self"> Early Highlights: A sneak peek into Webb's groundbreaking discoveries</a></h4> <div class="announcement__description"> Scientists just can’t wait to reveal these images and spectra to the public.   <span class="announcement__learn-more arrow-link" id="card-read-more-e17454e6-d03e-4239-ba83-440836fa7ccf" aria-hidden="true" data-href="/cms/render/live/en/sites/webb/home/science/early-highlights.html"> Read the preliminary findings</span> </div> </div> <div class="announcement__left"> <picture class="flex-ratio"><img alt="A black background is scattered with hundreds of small galaxies of different shapes, ranging in color from white to yellow to orange to red. Some galaxies are distorted, appearing to be stretched out or mirror imaged. Just to the left of the center of the image, there is a long, red arc that stretches from 2 o’clock to 7 o’clock. At its left, is a cluster of a few white galaxies that look like a glowing orb. To the right of the center of the image, the red arc and glowing orb of galaxies at the left appear to be mirrored. The right-hand red arc stretches from 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock, the glowing orb of galaxies is at its right." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn768 768w" sizes="320px" /></picture><noscript><img alt="A black background is scattered with hundreds of small galaxies of different shapes, ranging in color from white to yellow to orange to red. Some galaxies are distorted, appearing to be stretched out or mirror imaged. Just to the left of the center of the image, there is a long, red arc that stretches from 2 o’clock to 7 o’clock. At its left, is a cluster of a few white galaxies that look like a glowing orb. To the right of the center of the image, the red arc and glowing orb of galaxies at the left appear to be mirrored. The right-hand red arc stretches from 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock, the glowing orb of galaxies is at its right." class="noscript-img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/webb-science/early-highlights/_images/2024-502-SNH0pe/STScI-eh2024-502-PLCK-G165-7-t-768x384.jpg?t=tn768 768w" sizes="320px" /></noscript></div> </div> </li></ul> </div> </div></section><section id="section-af6d2924-44ba-42ba-9982-71b768de7b84" data-name="section-find-information-about-webb" class="section-row light-background-outreach-light-grey" > <h2 id="h2-sr-only-583c2757-2604-46c9-8584-891054dc8d09" data-name="h2-sr-only-find-information-about-webb" class="sr-only" data-include-in-navigation="true"> Find information about Webb</h2> <div class="component-block container-fluid hexagon-view"> <div class="content-block-wrapper justify-content-center"> <ul role="list"> <li class="content-prev-wrapper text-center"> <div class="content-prev flex-col card " data-module-dynamic="card" > <div class="text"> <span class="content-prev__head large-preview"> <h3> <a href="/science" class="card-link has-icon no-file-icon" target="_self"> Webb Science</a></h3> </span> <p class="content-prev__sum preserve-whitespace">What scientific questions does Webb investigate?</p> </div> <div class="hexagon-container"> <picture class="flex-ratio"><img alt="Illustration of a planet and its star on an empty black background. The planet is large, in the foreground at the center and the star is smaller, in the background at the upper left. The planet has a fuzzy orange-blue atmosphere with hints of longitudinal cloud bands below. The left quarter of the planet (the side facing the star) is lit, while the rest is in shadow. The star is bright yellowish-white, with no clear features." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></picture><noscript><img alt="Illustration of a planet and its star on an empty black background. The planet is large, in the foreground at the center and the star is smaller, in the background at the upper left. The planet has a fuzzy orange-blue atmosphere with hints of longitudinal cloud bands below. The left quarter of the planet (the side facing the star) is lit, while the rest is in shadow. The star is bright yellowish-white, with no clear features." class="noscript-img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/webb-science.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></noscript></div> </div></li> <li class="content-prev-wrapper text-center"> <div class="content-prev flex-col card " data-module-dynamic="card" > <div class="text"> <span class="content-prev__head large-preview"> <h3> <a href="/science/the-observatory/infrared-astronomy" class="card-link has-icon no-file-icon" target="_self"> Infrared Light</a></h3> </span> <p class="content-prev__sum preserve-whitespace">How does Webb see the universe?</p> </div> <div class="hexagon-container"> <picture class="flex-ratio"><img alt="Colorful image of near-infrared light from a glowing cloud with a distorted ring-like shape, illuminated from within by a bright central star." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></picture><noscript><img alt="Colorful image of near-infrared light from a glowing cloud with a distorted ring-like shape, illuminated from within by a bright central star." class="noscript-img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/Infrared-Light.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></noscript></div> </div></li> <li class="content-prev-wrapper text-center"> <div class="content-prev flex-col card " data-module-dynamic="card" > <div class="text"> <span class="content-prev__head large-preview"> <h3> <a href="/images" class="card-link has-icon no-file-icon" target="_self"> Images & Data</a></h3> </span> <p class="content-prev__sum preserve-whitespace">Telescope data, imagery and more</p> </div> <div class="hexagon-container"> <picture class="flex-ratio"><img alt="Image of bright eight-pointed stars scattered across a dense orange-brown undulating cloudscape below a deep blue starscape." class="lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></picture><noscript><img alt="Image of bright eight-pointed stars scattered across a dense orange-brown undulating cloudscape below a deep blue starscape." class="noscript-img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/STScI-J-hex-adbox-images-cosmic-cliffs-1200x1200.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 370px" /></noscript></div> </div></li> </ul> </div> </div> <svg class="clip-svg" focusable="false"> <defs> <clippath 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In the background is a Webb image showing numerous stars and a pinkish yellow to brown cloud of gas and dust." class="embedded-img lazyload no-lightbox" data-img-title="Space Telescope Live Webb Promo" height="600" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/announcements/STL-announcement-webb-1200x600.jpg" width="1200" /></p> <script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script> </div></div> <div class="column-layout__column col-xs-12 col-md-6"> <div class="component-block container-fluid"> <h3 data-name="h2-explore-space-telescope-live" id="h2-CK-f1108f7e-1e4e-4b2f-b71d-7decb10d3818">What Is Webb Looking at Now?  </h3> <p>Check out Space Telescope Live for details on Webb’s past, current, and upcoming observations.<br /> <br />     <a class="btn" href="/science/the-observatory/what-is-webb-observing-now" target="_self">Start Exploring</a></p> <script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script> </div></div> </div> </div><div class="component-block container-fluid flex-container flex-container--collapsed ad-box-container ad-box-container--gradient-overlay text-left" > <ul role="list" class="items-per-row--3"> <li> <div class="card dark-background-" data-module-dynamic="card"> <div class="card__content"> <h3 id="h3-adbox-gradient-overlay-8b0c000f-7047-4e1e-8ab7-ae595bcf5c82"> <a href="/news/news-releases" class="card-link arrow-link animate-icon" target="_self"> News Releases</a></h3> </div> <div class="card__image-wrapper"> <picture class="stretch-container"><img alt="List of News Releases covering the Webb Telescope. In the background, the image has layers of semi-opaque rusty red colored gas and dust that starts at the bottom right and goes toward the top left. There are three prominent pillars rising toward the top left. The left pillar is the largest and widest. The peaks of the second and third pillars are set off in darker shades of brown and have red outlines." class="text-overlay__img hover-reveal__img lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn2400 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, calc(1200px / 3)" /></picture><noscript><img alt="List of News Releases covering the Webb Telescope. In the background, the image has layers of semi-opaque rusty red colored gas and dust that starts at the bottom right and goes toward the top left. There are three prominent pillars rising toward the top left. The left pillar is the largest and widest. The peaks of the second and third pillars are set off in darker shades of brown and have red outlines." class="noscript-img text-overlay__img " src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-sciNews-2400x1200.jpg?t=tn2400 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, calc(1200px / 3)" /></noscript></div> <div class="card__gradient"></div> <div class="card__outline"></div> </div></li> <li> <div class="card dark-background-" data-module-dynamic="card"> <div class="card__content"> <h3 id="h3-adbox-gradient-overlay-7d8b1135-cfd7-4299-a737-53e71da9f60d"> <a href="/quick-facts" class="card-link arrow-link animate-icon" > Quick Facts</a></h3> </div> <div class="card__image-wrapper"> <picture class="stretch-container"><img alt="Answers to commonly asked questions about Webb. In the background, Webb’s Optical Telescope element/Integrated Science module undergoes cryogenic testing." class="text-overlay__img hover-reveal__img lazyload" loading="lazy" src="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn370" srcset="/files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn370 370w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn768 768w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn992 992w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn1200 1200w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn1600 1600w, /files/live/sites/webb/files/home/_images/wt-home-adbox-quickfacts.jpg?t=tn2400 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, calc(1200px / 3)" /></picture><noscript><img alt="Answers to commonly asked questions about Webb. 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