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The James Webb Space Telescope isn't just for finding Pinterest worthy pictures, we're finding some amazing details in the sometimes blurry background photos.
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Sources:
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space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-lava-worlds
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exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/5673/wasp-39-b
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere
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space.com/universe-age-14-billion-years-old
IMAGES
nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_398.html
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/hubble-captures-cluster-of-aging-stars
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-snaps-a-portrait-of-a-globular-cluster
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet
webbtelescope.org/contents/media/videos/2020/57/1297-Video
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WR140.png
esahubble.org/images/heic1509a
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/watch-a-10-year-time-lapse-of-sun-from-nasa-s-sdo
science.nasa.gov/wolf-rayet-star-124-stellar-wind-machine
jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia25432-dust-rings-in-the-wolf-rayet-140-system
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-gets-unusually-close-glimpse-of-black-hole-snacking-on-star
eurekalert.org/news-releases/952155
nasa.gov/feature/jpl/black-holes-hide-in-our-cosmic-backyard
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webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01FEE26XVSM851DHPVCE1KB4S2
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere
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The James Webb Space Telescope isn't just for finding Pinterest worthy pictures, we're finding some amazing details in the sometimes blurry background photos.
Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss!
Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShow
Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Sources:
exoplanets.nasa.gov
space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-lava-worlds
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/167/astronomers-discover-first-ice-giant-exoplanet
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/5673/wasp-39-b
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1715/nasas-webb-reveals-an-exoplanet-atmosphere-as-never-seen-before
epa.gov/ozone-pollution-and-your-patients-health/what-ozone
nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03820-3
nasa.gov/feature/ames/tiny-dust-could-yield-big-answers-under-webb-telescope-s-gaze
academic.oup.com/pasj/article/71/2/27/5274622
amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/the-universe/the-universe/what-are-active-galaxies
eurekalert.org/news-releases/967497
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/active-galactic-nuclei-and-star-formation
http://www.astro.yale.edu/larson/papers/Paris95.pdf
britannica.com/science/Wolf-Rayet-star
science.nasa.gov/wolf-rayet-star-124-stellar-wind-machine
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/hubble-view-wolf-rayet-stars-intense-and-short-lived
solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth
esahubble.org/wordbank/stellar-wind
universemagazine.com/en/james-webb-photographed-the-fingerprints-of-a-double-star
eurekalert.org/news-releases/967204
eurekalert.org/news-releases/967672
hubblesite.org/science/stars-and-nebulas
space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-sparkler-galaxy
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac90ca
esahubble.org/wordbank/globular-cluster
sciencenews.org/article/james-webb-space-telescope-stars-earliest-born-sparkler-galaxy
space.com/universe-age-14-billion-years-old
IMAGES
nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_398.html
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/hubble-captures-cluster-of-aging-stars
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-snaps-a-portrait-of-a-globular-cluster
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet
webbtelescope.org/contents/media/videos/2020/57/1297-Video
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WR140.png
esahubble.org/images/heic1509a
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/watch-a-10-year-time-lapse-of-sun-from-nasa-s-sdo
science.nasa.gov/wolf-rayet-star-124-stellar-wind-machine
jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia25432-dust-rings-in-the-wolf-rayet-140-system
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-gets-unusually-close-glimpse-of-black-hole-snacking-on-star
eurekalert.org/news-releases/952155
nasa.gov/feature/jpl/black-holes-hide-in-our-cosmic-backyard
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1715/nasas-webb-reveals-an-exoplanet-atmosphere-as-never-seen-before
webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01FEE26XVSM851DHPVCE1KB4S2
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-detects-carbon-dioxide-in-exoplanet-atmosphere
youtube.com/watch?v=yv4DbU1CWAY&t=13s&ab_channel=NASA
webbtelescope.org/news/first-images/gallery/zoomable-image-southern-ring-nebula
webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/4176-Imagehttps://www.nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
nasa.gov/webbfirstimages
eurekalert.org/multimedia/959801
