Webb: 2023 Year in Headlines

When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25, 2021, it signified a new era of astronomy. To celebrate the second anniversary of Webb's launch, this video provides a selection of the observatory's amazing scientific discoveries that made headlines in 2023. Find an eye-catching headline? Explore some of the related press releases and images that are highlighted in this compilation:

• Webb Uncovers Star Formation
• Webb Image Reveals Dusty Disk
• Webb Unveils Ice Chemistry
• Webb Detects Small Main Belt Asteroid
• Webb Uncovers New Details in Pandora's Cluster
• Webb Reveals Gas, Dust in Nearby Galaxies
• Webb Observes Globular Cluster
• Webb Observes Massive Galaxy Cluster
• Webb Telescope Captures Prelude to Supernova
• NASA's Webb Spots Clouds on Remote Planet
• Webb Observes Gravitational Lensing in Cluster
• Webb Measures Temperature of Rocky Exoplanet
• Webb Reveals Details in Cassiopeia A
• Webb Observes the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
• Webb Captures Galactic Merger
• Webb Reveals Prequel to Galaxy Cluster
• Webb Finds Water Vapor in Planetary System
• Webb Looks at Fomalhaut's Asteroid Belt
• NASA’s Webb Finds Water in Main Belt Comet
• NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine
• Webb Maps Plume Jetting from Saturn's Moon
• Webb Shows Star Formation in Early Universe
• Galaxies Transformed Early Universe
• First Detection of Carbon Molecule in the Orion Nebula
• Webb Observes Saturn's Rings
• 3D Visualization of Galaxies in Webb CEERS Survey
• Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars
• Water Vapor Detected in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone
• Webb Snaps Highly Detailed Image of Forming Stars
• Webb Spotlights El Gordo Galaxy Cluster
• Webb Reveals Colors of Most Distant Star Ever Detected
• Webb Utilizes Deep Space Network
• Webb Reveals Details in Remains of Dying Star
• Webb Reveals Structures Within Supernova 1987A
• Webb Detects Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
• Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
• Webb Finds Carbon Source on Europa
• Webb Observes Irregular Galaxy NGC 6822
• Webb's Orion Nebula Is Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NASA's Webb Captures View of NGC 346
• Webb Discovers New Feature in Jupiter's Atmosphere
• First Detection of Heavy Element from Star Merger
• Crab Nebula Seen in New Light by Webb
• Webb, Hubble Combine for Most Colorful View
• Neon Signs Point to New Thinking on Planet Formation
• Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way
• Rocky Planets Can Form in Extreme Environments
• Webb Stuns with New Look at Exploded Star
• Webb Identifies Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf
• Webb's New View of Uranus

Music: "Morning Warmth" by Elizabells