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The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch in just about one year. It will be 6 times larger than Hubble and able to see infrared light as well as longer wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Date of Birth: 9.9.1899
Date of Enlistment: 28.5.1918
Trade or Calling: Farm labourer
Born in or near what Town: West Maitland
Address prior to Enlistment: Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland
Rank, Number, Battalion, Distinctions: Pte
Casualties and where:
Name & Address of Next of Kin: Ada Maria Webb Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland (Mother)
Name and last address of Father: James Ernest Webb Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland
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A stellar view!
NGC 1333 is a nearby star-forming region. Webb’s sharp infrared vision lets us peer through the dusty veil to reveal newborn stars, brown dwarfs, and planetary mass objects. Many of the young stars in this image are surrounded by discs of gas and dust, which may eventually produce planetary systems. On the right-hand side of the image, we can glimpse the shadow of one of these discs oriented edge-on — two dark cones emanating from opposite sides, seen against a bright background.
Read more: esawebb.org/images/potm2408a/
Hubble’s released a view of this nebula in 2023 for its 33rd anniversary. Hubble just scratches the surface because most of the firestorm of star birth is hidden behind clouds of fine dust.
Find Hubble’s 33rd anniversary image here: science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-celebrates-33rd-a...
Image description: A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the center, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colors show clouds that glow in infrared light.
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana
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In this photo, the big silvery-looking box is the mobile clean room, which project personnel call the “In-Plant Transporter.” Nestled inside and visible through the translucent wrapping of the In-Plant Transporter is the Webb flight spacecraft element, which is the assembly of the spacecraft bus and sunshield. Here, the spacecraft element was being moved from the clean room where it was constructed to another building where it will undergo vibration and thermal-vacuum testing.
Full story: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasas-webb-telescope-wr...
Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
It's been three years since we released our first science images, here's a recap of the last three years of wonder!
Credit: NASA/Julia Shepherd
Image description:
An infographic with a Webb deep field background, black with dotted galaxies and stars. Golden hexagons with stats about Webb written in black are superimposed on the background. Across the top is written: "3 Years of Wonder, James Webb Space Telescope."
In bottom left is an artist illustration of the telescope. In the hexagon at far left it says, "Collected 543 terabytes of data
That's the capacity of 4,200+ smart phones with 128 GB each!"
Next row of hexagons to the right, top: "Showcased 230+ images in press releases by NASA & ESA."
Bottom: "Spent 21,500+hours observing"
Next row, top: "Looked 13.4 billing years into the past & will continue breaking records for the farthest galaxy."
Bottom: "First CO2 detected in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, called WASP-39 b."
At the far right, top: "Completed 862 programs of observation with 274 more beginning in July 2025."
Bottom: "Observed 189+ exoplanets."
Small text in white at the bottom: "As of July 1, 2025"
A new eye-catching compilation of images is being released that features data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory along with a host of other telescopes including NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
N79 is a giant region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite neighbor galaxy to the Milky Way. Chandra sees the hot gas created by young stars, which helps astronomers better understand how stars like our Sun formed billions of years ago.
X-rays from Chandra (purple) and infrared data from Webb (blue, grey and gold)
Read more: chandra.si.edu/photo/2025/cosmic/
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Ohio State Univ/T. Webb et al.; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major
Image description: A giant star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Here, shafts of golden light bursting out of a central glowing orb cut through misty purple clouds.
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is seen here visiting the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md on Friday, March 31, 2017.
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA. In her role, she had oversight for the planning and development of programs including the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope. The WFIRST observatory was named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on May 20, 2020.
Dr. Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1949 and joined NASA in 1959. She finished her NASA career at Goddard Space Flight Center where she served as the manager of the Astronomical Data Center. After retiring from NASA in 1979, she continued working as a contractor at Goddard. Throughout her career, Dr. Roman has been a spokesperson and advocate of women in the sciences.
Credit: NASA/Jim Jeletic
An image of a region of a molecular cloud. The orange cloud is dense and bright close to the top of the image, like rolling clouds, and grows darker and more wispy toward the bottom and in the top corner. One bright star with six short diffraction spikes and several dimmer stars are visible as light spots among the clouds.
Webb MIRI image of a region near the protostar known as IRAS 23385. IRAS 23385 and IRAS 2a.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, W. Rocha (Leiden University)
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NASA Webb Mission Team
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MAR 13, 2024
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CONTENTS
Image A: Parallel Field to Protostar IRAS 23385 (MIRI Image)
What is the origin of complex organic molecules (COMs) ?
Image B: Complex Organic Molecules in IRAS 2A
Similar to the early stages of our own solar system?
Editor's Note: This article was updated March 13, 2024, to clarify the likelihood that chemicals found around IRAS 2A were present in the first stages of development of our solar system.
What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? They contain chemical ingredients that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified surrounding two young protostars known as IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385. Although planets are not yet forming around those stars, these and other molecules detected there by Webb represent key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds.
An international team of astronomers used Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to identify a variety of icy compounds made up of complex organic molecules like ethanol (alcohol) and likely acetic acid (an ingredient in vinegar). This work builds on previous Webb detections of diverse ices in a cold, dark molecular cloud.
Image A: Parallel Field to Protostar IRAS 23385 (MIRI Image)
An image of a region of a molecular cloud. The orange cloud is dense and bright close to the top of the image, like rolling clouds, and grows darker and more wispy toward the bottom and in the top corner. One bright star with six short diffraction spikes and several dimmer stars are visible as light spots among the clouds.
This image at a wavelength of 15 microns was taken by MIRI (the Mid-Infrared Instrument) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, of a region near the protostar known as IRAS 23385. IRAS 23385 and IRAS 2A (not visible in this image) were targets for a recent research effort by an international team of astronomers that used Webb to discover that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed.
NASA, ESA, CSA, W. Rocha (Leiden University)
What is the origin of complex organic molecules (COMs) ?
“This finding contributes to one of the long-standing questions in astrochemistry,” said team leader Will Rocha of Leiden University in the Netherlands. “What is the origin of complex organic molecules, or COMs, in space? Are they made in the gas phase or in ices? The detection of COMs in ices suggests that solid-phase chemical reactions on the surfaces of cold dust grains can build complex kinds of molecules.”
As several COMs, including those detected in the solid phase in this research, were previously detected in the warm gas phase, it is now believed that they originate from the sublimation of ices. Sublimation is to change directly from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid. Therefore, detecting COMs in ices makes astronomers hopeful about improved understanding of the origins of other, even larger molecules in space.
Scientists are also keen to explore to what extent these COMs are transported to planets at much later stages of protostellar evolution. COMs in cold ices are thought to be easier to transport from molecular clouds to planet-forming disks than warm, gaseous molecules. These icy COMs can therefore be incorporated into comets and asteroids, which in turn may collide with forming planets, delivering the ingredients for life to possibly flourish.
The science team also detected simpler molecules, including formic acid (which causes the burning sensation of an ant sting), methane, formaldehyde, and sulfur dioxide. Research suggests that sulfur-containing compounds like sulfur dioxide played an important role in driving metabolic reactions on the primitive Earth.
Image B: Complex Organic Molecules in IRAS 2A
Graphic titled “NGC 1333 IRAS 2A Protostar, MIRI Medium -Resolution Spectroscopy” shows a graph of optical depth on the y-axis versus wavelength of light in microns on the x-axis. The x-axis ranges from 6.8 microns on the left to 8.6 microns on the right, labeled in even increments of 0.2 microns. The y-axis ranges from 0 on the top to about 0.65 on the bottom, with labeled tick marks at 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6. A jagged white line with several prominent valleys extends horizontally. Vertical bands in different colors mark different wavelength regions and are labeled with molecular names and formulas.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) has identified a variety of complex organic molecules that are present in interstellar ices surrounding two protostars. These molecules, which are key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds, include ethanol, formic acid, methane, and likely acetic acid, in the solid phase. The finding came from the study of two protostars, IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385, both of which are so young that they are not yet forming planets.
Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Hustak (STScI). Science: W. Rocha (Leiden University).
Similar to the early stages of our own solar system?
Of particular interest is that one of the sources investigated, IRAS 2A, is characterized as a low-mass protostar. IRAS 2A may therefore be similar to the early stages of our own solar system. As such, the chemicals identified around this protostar may have been in the first stages of development of our solar system and later delivered to the primitive Earth.
“All of these molecules can become part of comets and asteroids and eventually new planetary systems when the icy material is transported inward to the planet-forming disk as the protostellar system evolves,” said Ewine van Dishoeck of Leiden University, one of the coordinators of the science program. “We look forward to following this astrochemical trail step-by-step with more Webb data in the coming years.”
These observations were made for the JOYS+ (James Webb Observations of Young ProtoStars) program. The team dedicated these results to team member Harold Linnartz, who unexpectedly passed away in December 2023, shortly after the acceptance of this paper.
This research has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.
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NASA Administrator James Webb shown in the Gemini Trainer, June 4, 1965, during a tour of formerly named Manned Space Center, Houston, TX, now the Johnson Space Center.
James E. Webb was the second administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, formally established on October 1, 1958 under the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Webb is widely known for his effective leadership during the beginning of the American space program, and particularly for his foresite in commanding the agency to keep scientific objectives as a primary concern. Under his direction NASA undertook one of the most impressive series of projects in human history with the goal of landing an American on the Moon through the execution of Project Apollo.
Webb was known to be highly supportive of science during his tenure as NASA Administrator. He worked to enhance the key role and importance of scientists by giving them greater control in the selection process of space science missions. He also created the NASA University Program, which established grants for space research, funded the construction of new laboratories at universities and provided fellowships for graduate students. The program also encouraged university presidents and vice presidents to actively participate in NASA's Space Science Program and to publicly support all of NASA's programs.
As part of an oral history project sponsored by the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, Webb recalled his conversations with President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson. He was quoted as saying in one transcript, "And so far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to run a program that's just a one-shot program. If you want me to be the administrator, it's going to be a balanced program that does the job for the country..."
By the time Webb retired just prior to the first moon landing in July 1969, NASA had launched over 75 science missions to study the stars and galaxies, our own Sun and home planet. Missions such as the Orbiting Solar Observatory and the Explorer series of astronomical satellites built the foundation for the most successful period of scientific discovery in history, which continues on today.
Influenced by the same exploratory spirit, the James Webb Space Telescope was named in his honor by the then acting administrator, Sean O’Keefe in 2002. The iconic new age observatory will become the masthead of the world’s combined efforts in astrophysics and cosmic exploration, much like the legacy of Mr. Webb. His steady oversight and unwavering support of NASA during its most critical period is why his name is attached to the next big thing in space.
James Webb inspired an optimism towards science, and enthusiasm for the future by ensuring NASA invested in goals of human and scientific exploration. Recognizing that in order to accomplish the goal of going to the moon NASA needed the best scientists and engineers, Webb fought hard to ensure they had a proper place in the agency.
“I think he’d be happy to have such a huge technological feat named after him. The fact that he was the power behind the Apollo Program - an enormously complex undertaking to get someone on the moon, and now here’s this ultimate state of the art observatory pushing the agency technologically in the way that Apollo did on the human spaceflight side,” said Eric P. Smith, NASA’s Program Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope Program. “The fact that we have scientists at all at NASA could be attributed to James Webb,” he added.
The James Webb Space Telescope will be the world's premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries of our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international project led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.
Image credit: NASA
More on James E. Webb: www.jwst.nasa.gov/whois.html
Flora Fields, is a pick-your-own (PYO) dahlia field at Webbs, Wychbold showcasing an extraordinary collection of over 60+ gorgeous varieties and thousands of dahlias in full bloom. It is open from mid August to end of September every year.
Nikon D7200, Nikkor 105mm f2.8 micro
Webb Barn
The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum is the caretaker of another remarkable building besides its houses: the nineteenth-century Webb Barn, located at the rear of the property behind the Colonial Revival Garden. The building serves the museum as a setting for education classes, lectures, meetings and other special events. It is also available for weddings, reunions and corporate gatherings
Webb BarnLittle is known about the original Webb Barn. It is not mentioned in historic records until after the property was purchased in 1821 by Martin Wells, a lawyer and later a judge in Wethersfield. On March 2, 1840, the Hartford Daily Courant newspaper reported that: “On Saturday morning the barn of Martin Welles, Esq. was burned to the ground, with two horses and a cow….the fire was undoubtedly the work of incendiaries. The citizens have offered a liberal reward for their apprehension.” According to Welles’ receipt book, in June 1840 he started the construction of a new barn -- presumably on the same location as the original.
The present building was moved back 30 feet and has had a series of additions and renovations completed by the Colonial Dames to serve their needs. In the 1930s, three wings on the north, south and west sides were added using iron hardware, wood timbers, and floorboards salvaged from other 19th century barns. The most recent renovations were completed in the mid-1990s. While the Webb Barn today still retains much of its historic ambience and rustic charm, it is spacious enough to accommodate up to 135 people for a sit-down luncheon or dinner and contains up-to-date mechanical systems, restrooms, and a catering kitchen.
Photo by: Abdulhameed Shamandour
Location: Wethersfield, CT, USA
Pacific National's 3PM6 service is about to pass Tailem Bend station on a warm January morning.
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The BAYL Chat job powered by two GP38's, heads back to Dothan, AL after making its almost daily trip to Hilton, GA to interchange with the CIRR and HAL railroads. Several loads of rock from Junction City, GA are on the head end.
I had to do this just for the title alone. Cheers to Didge again, looks way more interesting with a person in it! (view large on black)
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Explore: #246 (24/01/2009)
Webb Bridge, Docklands, Melbourne
Canon 450D | Sigma 10-20@10mm | f7 | -2/0/+2 | ISO100
Portrait photograph, James E. Webb, Administrator. NASA HDQS., WASHINGTON, DC B&W
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S66-39060
Date: June 1, 1966
This double header with the 4F 0-6-0 banking is seen at Ingrow station on the Keighley and Worth valley Railway on October 9 2015, a very visual and audible combination.
Flora Fields, is a pick-your-own (PYO) dahlia field at Webbs, Wychbold showcasing an extraordinary collection of over 60+ gorgeous varieties and thousands of dahlias in full bloom. It is open from mid August to end of September every year.
Nikon D7200, Nikkor 105mm f2.8 micro
Webb, S. Ernest
Date of Birth: 9.9.1899
Date of Enlistment: 28.5.1918
Trade or Calling: Farm labourer
Born in or near what Town: West Maitland
Address prior to Enlistment: Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland
Rank, Number, Battalion, Distinctions: Pte
Name & Address of Next of Kin: Ada Maria Webb Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland (Mother)
Name and last address of Father: James Ernest Webb Bella St Horse Shoe Bend W. Maitland
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I also went on a guided walk of the town of Rugby (my husband being mayor of Royal Leamington Spa this year may have something to do with it…), and it’s no surprise that just as Stratford upon Avon has something of a Shakespeare industry, Rugby makes the most of its sporting connections. This is the statue to William Webb Ellis (1806-1872), outside Rugby School. He’s credited with inspiring the game of rugby football in 1823 by picking up the ball and running with it, though at that time it was within the rules to catch it. There was also no limit on the number of players, and one match in 1839 recorded a Rugby school team of 75 playing against a team of 225. In those early days of football (and indeed, rugby) the leather was sewn round a pig’s bladder, so its size could vary. William Gilbert, a local bootmaker, spotted an opportunity and opened the first rugby ball workshop in 1842. The bronze statue is by Graham Ibbseon, as recently as 1997, modelled I think on his son.
The Webb Bridge, Melbourne Docklands.
Got lucky here as a motorized scooter blitzed by during the exposure!
Competitor No. 55 for the 65th Annual UK Coach Rally in Blackpool, finishing the driver challenge.
Mercedes Benz 0303.
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), previously known as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), is a flagship-class space observatory under construction and scheduled to launch in October 2018.
The JWST will offer unprecedented resolution and sensitivity from long-wavelength (orange-red) visible light, through near-infrared to the mid-infrared (0.6 to 27 micrometers), and is a successor instrument to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
While Hubble has a 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) mirror, the JWST features a larger and segmented 6.5-meter (21 ft) diameter primary mirror and will be located near the EarthSun L2 point.
A large sunshield will keep its mirror and four science instruments below 50 K (-220 C; -370 F).
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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman is seen here visiting the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) alongside astrophysicist, Dr. Jane R Rigby outside the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md on Friday, March 31, 2017.
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman was the first Chief of Astronomy in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the first woman to hold an executive position at NASA. In her role, she had oversight for the planning and development of programs including the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope. The WFIRST observatory was named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on May 20, 2020.
Dr. Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1949 and joined NASA in 1959. She finished her NASA career at Goddard Space Flight Center where she served as the manager of the Astronomical Data Center. After retiring from NASA in 1979, she continued working as a contractor at Goddard. Throughout her career, Dr. Roman has been a spokesperson and advocate of women in the sciences.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth