Webb Images
This page contains slideshows/galleries of Webb's images by year as well as a section to search/filter Webb science and outreach images. It also includes slideshows/galleries of Webb's first images, spacecraft development and more. Visit our What You Need to Know page to understand more about the Webb images that appear on this site.
Latest Images - 2026
Webb's most recent images released by NASA in 2026, displayed in reverse chronological order.
The image below is a SLIDESHOW. Hover over the image to see the image title and controls. Click the image to go to a detail page with more info and the ability to download the image at various resolutions (click downward arrow in lower right corner).
Search Science Images
Search and filter Webb science release images as well as images that appear in many of our information pages. Users can filter Webb's science images by Webb science themes, by NASA category and using keyword searches. The Webb products filter displays a number of science images that have been made into high resolution downloadable posters as well as other outreach products. Visit our What You Need to Know page to understand more about the Webb images that appear on this site.
Filter, Search and Sort Notes: Initial filtered results displayed below show the entire dataset matching ANY of the filters and NASA categories for all dates. Once one or more filter or NASA category options are checked, only results matching those filters and that are tagged with those NASA categories logicaly OR'd together (Match Any) are displayed within the date range selected. It is often more effective to use the keyword search via the "Search Latest Content" box which searches for the entered keywords s in the image meta-data. All entered keywords must be present for a match. You can also sort the results by publish date in descending (newest first) or ascending (oldest first).
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Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 and trace its evolutionary history. This…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82, peering through dust to reveal 16.5 million stars and…
Side-by-side comparison of a portion of starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82) as seen by NASA’s Hubble (left) and James Webb…
Annotated image of the starburst galaxy Messier 82 captured by Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument, with compass arrows, a scale…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared imaging survey of Messier 82 (M82) is the most recent observation of this starburst…
Researchers used the NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map specific chemical contents of comet…
These graphs lay out the significant difference in composition between the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and comets originating in our solar…
This artist’s concept shows exoplanet HD 80606 b being “roasted” as its orbit approaches periastron, the point at which it…
New observations from Webb combined with multiple observations from Hubble prove that Terzan 5 is a self-contained, self-enriching stellar system…
This image of bulge fossil fragment Terzan 5 was captured by the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Webb’s data…
Zoom in to Terzan 5, a star cluster that lies within the crowded central region of our Milky Way galaxy…
While the primary purpose of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of galaxy cluster Abell S1063 was to look for…
Prior Year Images
The following slideshow/galleries contain collections of Webb images for each year going back through 2022 which was Webb's first year of science.
Images - 2025
Webb's most recent images released by NASA in 2025, displayed in reverse chronological order.
The image below is a SLIDESHOW. Hover over the image to see the image title and controls. Click the image to go to a detail page with more info and the ability to download the image at various resolutions (click downward arrow in lower right corner).
Images - 2024
Webb's images released by NASA in 2024, displayed in reverse chronological order.
The image below is a SLIDESHOW. Hover over the image to see the image title and controls. Click the image to go to a detail page with more info and the ability to download the image at various resolutions (click downward arrow in lower right corner).
2023 Images
Webb images released by NASA in 2023.
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2022 Images
Webb images released by NASA in 2022.
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First Images
Webb's very first science images released by NASA in July 2022 and are captured in the slideshow/gallery below.
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Engineering and Test Images
These engineering and test images were that were used to align the mirrors and calibrate instruments which were some of the first light to pass through the telescopes optics.
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Webb's Road to Launch
A curated gallery of the activities leading up to it's launch on December 25, 2021.
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Story Of Webb's Build
A curated gallery of over a decade of images of Webb's design, build, test and integration leading to it's launch on December 25, 2021.
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More Webb Imagery Links
- About Webb Science Images (where/why, resolutions)
- Webb FLICKR Archive - All Albums - Science, Build, Launch, Commissioning and More (Flickr)
- ESAWebb.org Released Webb Science Images
- Webb's Multimedia/Video Page
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