Cheryl Blanchard
@cheribliss.bsky.social
📤 1235
📥 670
📝 864
A curious artist • science ☆ art ☆ history cherylblanchardart.com
pinned post!
Westerhout 51A ~17,000 ly distant in constellation Sagittarius 🔭 JWST Program 6151 - The determination of the upper initial mass function in the nearest massive star-forming region, W51A:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data:W51A, released: 2025-09-08 NASA, ESA, CSA/
#JWST
MIRI 1280, 1000, 770
6 months ago
1
32
5
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
about 4 hours ago
Messier 82 (cigar galaxy) 🚭 with
#JWST
NIRCam (F200W, F335M, F444W) 🔭🧪 program:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
1
8
5
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Jackie Branc
about 2 hours ago
1/2🧵 🔭🧪 5145 Galaxy M82
#JWST
2026-03-25 PI: Adam Smercina NIRCam: F200W, F444W, F115W Credit:
#NASA
/
#ESA
/
#CSA
/
#STScI
/ Jackie Branc
#Galaxy
#CigarGalaxy
1
10
2
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
2 days ago
Seems like next month we will see this planetary nebula in more detail with JWST MIRI. Name: Tc1 (IC 1266) It has the fullerenes C60 C70 (large spherical carbon molecules, really neat chemistry). Image is with
@eso.org
Very Large Telescope MUSE. Processing: me
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IC...
1
16
4
🔭 JWST Program 6782, Nicholas Foo (PI) - Resolving fuel and products of SF in a lensed dusty protocluster core at z=2.7:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: PJ0846, released 2026-03-20 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci,
#JWST
NIRCam 444, 277, 090
3 days ago
1
24
2
🔭 JWST Program 5408, Dr. Megan Reiter (PI) - Diving Deeper: uncovering the full spectrum of accretion and outflow in the heart of the Carina Nebula:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: HH1159-HH1164, released 2026-03-20 NASA, ESA, CSA/
#JWST
NIRCam 444, 150-162
3 days ago
2
32
11
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
9 days ago
James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
MEGA Mass Assembly at Cosmic Noon: MIRI EGS Galaxy and AGN Survey
#MIRI-8
2025-03-16 PI: Kirkpatrick, Allison MIRI 1500 M 1000 Y 770w C
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
1
19
5
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
9 days ago
#Saturn
on 2025-09-16 with
#Hubble
WFC3 (F547M, F631N, F689M) program:
archive.stsci.edu/proposal_sea...
1
40
16
Let the sunshine, let the sun shine in
#caturday
11 days ago
0
36
5
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Daniel Pomarède
14 days ago
Vela: the True Scale of a Hidden Giant Structure Revealed
www.sarao.ac.za/news/vela-th...
🧪
#Cosmology
#Cosmicflows
add a skeleton here at some point
0
26
8
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
16 days ago
James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
The CLASSYIR Treasury: Unveiling the Cosmic Engines Powering Galaxies with JWST/MIRI TARGET:
#J0823+2806-B
2026-03-08 PI: Berg, Danielle ROGRAM: 07041 MIRI 1800 R 1130 G 770 B
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
2
16
3
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
16 days ago
2MFGC 6625 (JWST target name J0823+2806-B) with
#JWST
MIRI (F770W, F1130W, F1800W) program:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
3
36
10
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
20 days ago
James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources
#SJ0615-5746
2026-03-03 PI: Fujimoto, Seiji NIRCAM 444w R 300m G (210m 150w) B
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
3
9
3
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Daniel Pomarède
20 days ago
New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories The latest crop of space-time wobbles includes a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes.
www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo202...
🧪🔭
loading . . .
New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) consists of two widely separated installations within the United States — one in Hanford Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisian...
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20260305
1
23
8
🔭 JWST Program 6049, T.Szalai (PI) - Populating the Gap in Dust-Formation History of Type IIP Supernovae:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: SN-2007IT, released: 2026-02-28 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
MIRI 1500, 1000, 560
24 days ago
1
33
8
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
25 days ago
Update for March. Smaller list, but hopefully some good images in there.
0
2
1
🔭 JWST Program 5114, PI: E.Sabbi - Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: LHA-120-N-159-MIRI-12.2-repeat, released: 2026-02-27 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
MIRI 1500, 1000, 770
26 days ago
0
28
6
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
26 days ago
James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity
#LHA-120-N-159-MIRI-12.2-repeat
2025-02-26 PI: Sabbi, Elena MIRI 2100 1500 1280 1000 770
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
3
42
7
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Yuval Harpaz 𝚿👨🎓 📊🌌🔭
27 days ago
The gray images are preview material provided by STScI. My news page shows them; you can right-click on the image and then "open image..." to download straight from there.
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
2
6
1
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Israel Velazquez
26 days ago
CHA-IR-NEBULA | NIRCAM
#JWST
I think I overdid the color saturation in the second image.
2
19
7
🔭 JWST Program 4290, PI: F.Menard - Dust Settling and Grain Evolution across the Nearby Population of Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: CHA-IR-NEBULA, released: 2026-02-26 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCam 460. 300
26 days ago
0
29
4
🔭 JWST Program 9224, PI: M.G.Marin - MIRI and NIRCam observations of a planetary nebula:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: Planetary-Nebula-Center, released: 2026-02-25 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
MIRI 1280, 1130, 1000
27 days ago
0
28
7
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
27 days ago
Cha IR nebula with
#JWST
🔭 NIRCam (F300M, F460M). program:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
#nebula
#astronomy
#starformation
0
50
12
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Jackie Branc
27 days ago
🔭🧪 9224 Planetary Nebula Center (final)
#JWST
Feb 26 2026 PI: Macarena Garcia Marin Program info:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Source:
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NIRCam/MIRI: F1000W,F1800W,F187n,F1444W-F470N,F1280W,F1130W,F150W,F444W Credit:
#NASA
/
#ESA
/
#CSA
/
#STScI
/ Jackie Branc
0
38
13
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
28 days ago
James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
MIRI and NIRCam observations of a planetary nebula
#Planetary
Nebula Center 2025-03-31 PI: Garcia Marin, Macarena MIRI 1800 1280 1130 1000 NIRCAM 444-470 444 187 150
yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
4
75
25
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Olivier Chapuis
28 days ago
Astronomy buzzzzz ... Super cool.
esawebb.org/news/weic2605/
loading . . .
Webb examines Cranium Nebula - The telescope used two instruments to capture mind-bending new views of the little-known nebula PMR 1
Astronomers are losing their heads over the latest images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, which bear a striking resemblance to a transparent cosmic cranium, revealing the “brain” ins...
https://esawebb.org/news/weic2605/
0
3
1
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Astrobot JWST
28 days ago
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (Planetary-Nebula-Center). RGB Filters: 470, 187, 150 PI: Garcia Marin, Macarena, program 09224. CRVAL: 142.171808, -49.610625 Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
3
71
19
🔭 JWST Program 5409, PI: M.De Furio - A Fundamental Study of Star and Planet Formation: Spectroscopic Confirmation of Free-floating Jupiter Mass Objects in NGC 2024:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: source_list_v2, released: 2026-02-19 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCam 430, 182
about 1 month ago
1
31
5
#curling
freeze position
about 1 month ago
0
10
2
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Yuval Harpaz 𝚿👨🎓 📊🌌🔭
about 1 month ago
I added buttons to my news page to allow going back a week, or search for older data. This cannot replace MAST, here for example search for "quintet" missed images labelled as NGC*. But it is quick.
link to page
1
10
1
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
about 1 month ago
Only two filters but I've done a try James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
A Fundamental Study of Star and Planet Formation: Spectroscopic Confirmation of Free-floating Jup. Mass Obj. in
#NGC
2024 2025-02-10 De Furio, Matthew NIRCAM 430m182m
mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashu...
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
2
24
7
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Daniel Pomarède
about 1 month ago
Great paper on the Great Attractor, just published by The Open Journal of Astrophysics
doi.org/10.33232/001...
@ojastro.bsky.social
🧪
#Cosmology
#Cosmicflows
0
25
7
🔭 JWST Program 5804, PI: T.Megeath - HEFE: High Angular Resolution observations of Stellar Emergence in Filamentary Environments:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: OMC3-NW, released: 2026-02-14
#JWST
NIRCam 444-470, 360, 210 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci
about 1 month ago
1
23
3
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Daniel Pomarède
about 1 month ago
A Cosmic Heart Where New Stars Thrive Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/JPL/Caltech(WISE); Optical: M. Adler, B. Wilson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare
chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/h...
🧪🔭
#Chandra
#ValentinesDay
0
46
18
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
about 1 month ago
New frame of the Orion Molecular Cloud (OMC) from program 5804. The bright star at the top-middle part is the young stellar object HOPS 92. It is launching a massive outflow.
#JWST
NIRCam (F360M, F480M, F470N is molecular hydrogen in green)
#Orion
#starformation
🔭
2
47
12
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Astrobites
about 1 month ago
From Niloofar Sharei
@astroneal.bsky.social
: Something is missing in the middle. In JWST JADES galaxies, young clumps drop out in the inner regions, while clump structure shifts from the outskirts to the center. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/02/11/s...
loading . . .
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Clumps and Inward Migration
Something is missing in the middle. In JWST JADES galaxies, young clumps drop out in the inner regions, while clump structure shifts from the outskirts to the center.
https://astrobites.org/2026/02/11/should-i-stay-should-i-go/
1
21
9
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Steve Brown - astronomy and astrophotography
about 1 month ago
Some interesting scenarios building for comet MAPS courtesy of Nicolas Lefaudeux: Prospects for Comet C/2026 A1 MAPS
hdr-astrophotography.com
#Astronomy
loading . . .
HDR astrophotography by Nicolas Lefaudeux
Visit the post for more.
https://hdr-astrophotography.com/
0
10
6
A second observation captured with different filters. 🔭 JWST Program 5437 - A Census to the Bottom of the IMF in W3: Atmospheres, Disks, Accretion, and Demographics:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: W3-JWST-3A-FINAL, released: 2026-02-08 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCAM 405-444, 300, 210
about 1 month ago
0
43
7
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
about 1 month ago
Northern part of the Fish Head Nebula (IC 1795) with
#Hubble
. 🔭 This
#nebula
is part of the W3/W4/W5 complex. The bright star is number 102 of the nebula (IC 1795 102). WFC3/IR (F110W, F139M, F160W) from program 15238
archive.stsci.edu/proposal_sea...
2
44
12
🔭 JWST Program 5437 - A Census to the Bottom of the IMF in W3: Atmospheres, Disks, Accretion, and Demographics:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
data: W3-JWST-3A-FINAL, released: 2026-02-08 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCAM 440, 360, 182
about 1 month ago
2
73
19
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Jackie Branc
about 1 month ago
🔴 The Ring |
#Mars
#Perseverance
Sol 1764: L/L/R Mastcam-Z Cameras enhanced mosaic panorama Feb. 5, 2026 (Sol 1764), 12:15:52 source img: Mars_Perseverance_ZL0_1764_0823537809_159EBY_N0840000ZCAM09818_1100LMJ | _ZR0_1764_ | _0823537822_ Image Credit:
#NASA
/
#JPL-Caltech
/
#ASU
/ Jackie Branc
#ring
3
220
34
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Long_Painter
about 2 months ago
Milky Way In Black Opal 16”x16” oil on canvas
18
2099
401
Zeus, King of Birds and Gods 🔭 JWST Program 5552 - Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: JCC87-IRAS-4A, released: 2026-02-06 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCam 480, 360, 200
about 2 months ago
0
47
12
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
about 2 months ago
Proplyds in NGC 1977. Protoplanetary disks around stars are being evaporated by the strong radiation of the massive star 42 Orionis. (disks are too small to see) Images by three space telescopes: Spitzer, Hubble and JWST more information and individual credit:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NG...
1
31
9
Homage to Astrobot JWST for sharing the news ⭐ 🔭 JWST Program 5552 - Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: JCC87-IRAS-4A, released: 2026-02-06 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/
#JWST
NIRCam 480, 360, 200
about 2 months ago
0
29
5
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Landru79
about 2 months ago
Un recorte usando el canal verde desacomplejadamente James
#Webb
Space Telescope
#JWST
Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos
#JCC87
-IRAS-4A 2025-02-05 PI: Jorgensen, Jes K. NIRCAM 480 360 212 200 NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
1
7
1
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Astrobot JWST
about 2 months ago
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (JCC87-IRAS-4A). RGB Filters: 480, 360, 200 PI: Jorgensen, Jes K., program 05552. CRVAL: 52.29113, 31.226803 Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
15
758
92
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Astrobot JWST
about 2 months ago
New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: HOPS373_MSAcat_2Dec2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Take a look at
news_by_date.html
1
425
36
🔭 JWST Program 5552 - Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: HOPS108_MSAcat_13Dec2024, released: 2026-02-04
#JWST
NIRCam 444-470, 322-323, 212 NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci
about 2 months ago
3
20
3
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Riding With Robots
about 2 months ago
From NASA The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Feb. 4, peaking at 7:13 a.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X4.2:
go.nasa.gov/4keOT49
1
17
4
reposted by
Cheryl Blanchard
Melina Thévenot🏳️⚧️
about 2 months ago
This image shows part of HH 357 with
#JWST
🔭 NIRCam (F212N, F323N, F470N). program:
www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
1
22
9
Load more
feeds!
log in