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Mission controllers at the Space Telescope Science Institute connect with #Webb at least 2-3 times per 24 hours. They work with planners as well as schedulers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory & the DSN complexes to plan communications months in advance, since many other observatories also use the DSN. #NASA #JWST #NASAWebb

This video begins with a view of the constellation Leo in the night sky. The head and mane of the lion are outlined by a curving arc of stars including Algenubi, Rasalas, Adhafera, and Algieba. Extending this arc down to the bright star Regulus creates the asterism known as "The Sickle". The hindquarters of the lion are represented by a triangle of bright stars, with Denebola at the tail. Regulus and Denebola are, respectively, the 21st and 60th brightest stars in the night sky. #STScI #astronomy #constellations #ConstellationsIn3D #Leo

The spiraled arm of NGC 1961 appears to be stretching toward us like a curious octopus. Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show the far side of the galaxy isn’t as illustrious as the side facing Earth. It has just a few wisps of gas and stars, and lacks a similarly impressive spiral arm. This galaxy, also known as Arp 184, sits about 190 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis (the Giraffe). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), C. Kilpatrick. #astronomy #galaxy #Hubble #HubbleTelescope

Building on the legacies of the Hubble, James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman space telescopes, the Habitable Worlds Observatory would search for and characterize habitable planets beyond our solar system. The mission’s main objective would be to identify and directly image potentially habitable worlds. It would then use spectroscopy to search for chemical “biosignatures” in these planets’ atmospheres, including gasses such as oxygen and methane which could serve as critical evidence for life. Learn more about the Habitable Worlds Observatory: https://go.nasa.gov/HWO #astronomy #HabitableWorldsObservatory #HWO #HWO2025 https://lnkd.in/eze47V-Z

Isn’t it interesting how objects thousands of light-years away sometimes resemble things here on Earth? What looks like a bug splattered on the ground is a dying star casting off shells of dust and gas in the southern constellation Scorpius. NGC 6072 is complicated, though. A new near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope clearly shows multiple outflows expanding at different angles, instead of a perfect circle, for which planetary nebula were originally named: https://lnkd.in/eF3tR7uz #SpaceNews #astronomy #NASAWebb #JWST #nebula

Dr. Jennifer Lotz (left) moderates a panel on observatory synergies at the Habitable Worlds Observatory conference today in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lotz is the director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, an 800-person multi-mission operations center for NASA’s flagship astronomical observatories and a world-class astronomical research center. #STScI #astronomy #HWO #HabitableWorldsObservatory #HWO2025 #DirectorLotz

There’s something quite interesting toward the top left of this Serpens Nebula image. The James Webb Space Telescope captured several bright red plumes of gas that all point toward the bottom right. These are jets of gas that spew from protostars during their development. Typically, these jets have different orientations in one region, indicating that their stars are oriented differently as well. Their similar direction in Serpens indicates several different possibilities in star formation, which astronomers will continue to study. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI). #astronomy #NASAWebb #JWST #nebula #STScI

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is early in its development as a large infrared/optical/ultraviolet space telescope. Many designs are under consideration, including this artist's concept animation. The observatory will be the first space telescope designed specifically to search for signs of life and determine how common life is beyond Earth. The Habitable Worlds Observatory will study the universe with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution, giving us new insights into the solar system, stars, galaxies, black holes, dark matter, and the evolution of cosmic structure. Learn more about the Habitable Worlds Observatory: https://go.nasa.gov/HWO #HabitableWorldsObservatory #HWO2025 #astronomy

Dr. Julia Roman-Duval delivers a talk on how the Habitable Worlds Observatory's anticipated ultraviolet capabilities will help astronomers understand the cosmic build-up of dust in the universe. Dr. Roman-Duval is the Hubble Space Telescope mission office head at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. #STScI #HWO #HabitableWorldsObservatory #HWO2025 #HWO25 #astronomy

STScI's Jason Tumlinson spoke this morning about seeking our origins in the universe with the Habitable Worlds Observatory, the next flagship astrophysics mission after the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Scientists from around the world gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss the search for signs of life on planets orbiting other stars. #HWO2025 #HabitableWorldsObservatory #HWO #STScI #astronomy