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Mission Operations Center for NASA's Webb Space Telescope (#NASAWebb). Science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and upcoming Roman Space Telescope.
Baltimore, MD
Joined June 2008
RT @SpaceTelescope: Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! In celebration, the telescope examined a singular “to….
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Did we know that we were releasing #NASAWebb's Cat's Paw Nebula on #NationalKittenDay? Nope, it was fortuitous. 😹.
Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! In celebration, the telescope examined a singular “toe bean” of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region. Here, Webb reveals gas, dust, and massive young stars: (1/2)
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Explore a subset of toe bean-reminiscent structures within a section of the Cat’s Paw Nebula—a massive, local star-forming region located approximately 4,000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.
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RT @NASARoman: We’ve got our shades on for summer 😎☀️. @NASA technicians recently installed Roman's solar array Sun shield! These panels wi….
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Want to join the celebration of #NASAWebb’s anniversary? Reply with an image of your cat or dog’s paws! (2/2).
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Hooray for three years of paw-sitively amazing #NASAWebb science! In celebration, the telescope examined a singular “toe bean” of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region. Here, Webb reveals gas, dust, and massive young stars: (1/2)
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Cows.
Happy National Cow Appreciation Day! 🐄. 📍 Very Large Array (VLA), New Mexico.📸 Credit: Kurt Liestenfeltz, 2025 VLA Star Party
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To celebrate #NASAWebb's 3rd anniversary of science observations this month, STScI staff worked on an art project. Based off Webb's primary mirrors, 18 hexagons were decorated with galaxies, nebulas and planets seen by Webb. Do you recognize any of the images in the drawings?
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RT @caltechipac: Earth 2.0?? 🤯🌎🌍🌏.Livestream public talk on 7/16 @ 4pm PT 👇 @NancyRomanSci @NASARoman.
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WATCH: This is a reflection nebula, identified as GN 04.32.8, seen by Hubble. Reflection nebulas are clouds of dust in space that don't emit their own light, as other nebulae do.
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JULY 16, 7 p.m. ET: #NASARoman is NASA’s next large strategic mission. STScI's Dr. Kristen McQuinn will tell us how Roman is set to chart the depths of space and time and forge the path towards Earth 2.0:
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Cotton candy? Yes, please, but as an accompaniment to this jaw-dropping view of outer space! Hubble’s snapped a complex image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is filled to the brim with gas, dust, and stars. Credit: NASA, ESA.
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RT @SpaceTelescope: Print your own #NASAWebb! These downloadable files allow you to print each component individually on a 3D printer to pr….
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Print your own #NASAWebb! These downloadable files allow you to print each component individually on a 3D printer to produce a full, detailed 3D model of the telescope:
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Dwarf galaxy Leo P: blue and scientifically cool. 😎 A team of scientists used #NASAWebb to investigate the dwarf galaxy’s star formation history. From the data, they learned it is in its third phase: a round of new star formation:
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#NASAWebb was built with the promise of revolutionizing astronomy. With three years now under its belt, has Webb lived up to the hype? We sure think so:
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Watch as this visualization reveals the stars of the Ursa Major constellation in three dimensions. The familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective in this video.
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This video fades between images of the Bullet Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and #NASAWebb. More distant galaxies pop into view with Webb’s near-infrared observation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph DePasquale (STScI).
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RT @SpaceTelescope: #NASAWebb “weighed” the iconic Bullet Cluster, made up of two massive galaxy clusters, refining what we know about its….
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