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The newly operational JWST offers the potential to study the atmospheres of distant worlds with precision that has not been achieved before. One of the first exoplanets observed by JWST in the summer of 2022 was WASP-96 b, a hot-Saturn…

We report results from 8 hours of JWST/MIRI LRS spectroscopic monitoring directly followed by 7 hours of JWST/NIRSpec prism spectroscopic monitoring of the benchmark binary brown dwarf WISE 1049AB, the closest, brightest brown dwarfs known.…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will enable the search for and characterization of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres in the habitable zone via transmission spectroscopy. However, relatively little work has been done to use solar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-30 Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Victoria S. Meadows , David Crisp , Michael R. Line , Tyler D. Robinson

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on December 25, 2021. This document presents a simulation of the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) observations of the Orion Bar which will be performed as part of the Early Release…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-06 Amélie Canin , Olivier Berné , The PDRs4All Team

Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in equilibrium, revealing planet formation histories.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 Eva-Maria Ahrer , Kevin B. Stevenson , Megan Mansfield , Sarah E. Moran , Jonathan Brande , Giuseppe Morello , Catriona A. Murray , Nikolay K. Nikolov , Dominique J. M. Petit dit de la Roche , Everett Schlawin , Peter J. Wheatley , Sebastian Zieba , Natasha E. Batalha , Mario Damiano , Jayesh M Goyal , Monika Lendl , Joshua D. Lothringer , Sagnick Mukherjee , Kazumasa Ohno , Natalie M. Batalha , Matthew P. Battley , Jacob L. Bean , Thomas G. Beatty , Björn Benneke , Zachory K. Berta-Thompson , Aarynn L. Carter , Patricio E. Cubillos , Tansu Daylan , Néstor Espinoza , Peter Gao , Neale P. Gibson , Samuel Gill , Joseph Harrington , Renyu Hu , Laura Kreidberg , Nikole K. Lewis , Michael R. Line , Mercedes López-Morales , Vivien Parmentier , Diana K. Powell , David K. Sing , Shang-Min Tsai , Hannah R Wakeford , Luis Welbanks , Munazza K. Alam , Lili Alderson , Natalie H. Allen , David R. Anderson , Joanna K. Barstow , Daniel Bayliss , Taylor J. Bell , Jasmina Blecic , Edward M. Bryant , Matthew R. Burleigh , Ludmila Carone , S. L. Casewell , Quentin Changeat , Katy L. Chubb , Ian J. M. Crossfield , Nicolas Crouzet , Leen Decin , Jean-Michel Désert , Adina D. Feinstein , Laura Flagg , Jonathan J. Fortney , John E. Gizis , Kevin Heng , Nicolas Iro , Eliza M. -R. Kempton , Sarah Kendrew , James Kirk , Heather A. Knutson , Thaddeus D. Komacek , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Jérémy Leconte , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Ryan J. MacDonald , Luigi Mancini , E. M. May , N. J. Mayne , Yamila Miguel , Thomas Mikal-Evans , Karan Molaverdikhani , Enric Palle , Caroline Piaulet , Benjamin V. Rackham , Seth Redfield , Laura K. Rogers , Pierre-Alexis Roy , Zafar Rustamkulov , Evgenya L. Shkolnik , Kristin S. Sotzen , Jake Taylor , P. Tremblin , Gregory S. Tucker , Jake D. Turner , Miguel de Val-Borro , Olivia Venot , Xi Zhang

The Hubble Space Telescope has been a pioneering instrument for studying the atmospheres of exoplanets, specifically its WFC3 and STIS instruments. With the launch of JWST, we are able to observe larger spectral ranges at higher precision.…

GJ 436b is a prime target for understanding warm Neptune exoplanet atmospheres and a target for multiple JWST GTO programs. Here, we report the first space-based optical transmission spectrum of the planet using two HST/STIS transit…

We present the $NuSTAR$ extragalactic survey of the $James$ $Webb$ $Space$ $Telescope$ ($JWST$) North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) Time-Domain Field. The survey covers a $\sim$0.16 deg$^2$ area with a total exposure of 681 ks acquired in a total of…

We report a survey of molecular emission from cometary volatiles using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) toward interstellar object 3I/ATLAS carried out on UT 2025 December 22 and 23 at a heliocentric distance ($r_H$) of $2.37-2.41$ au.…

Terrestrial planets orbiting M dwarfs may soon be observed with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to characterize their atmospheric composition and search for signs of habitability or life. These planets may undergo significant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-25 Andrew P. Lincowski , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Victoria S. Meadows

Nitrogen-bearing molecules are more difficult to observe than oxygen-bearing ones, mainly due to the lower abundance of nitrogen in the interstellar medium. Therefore, the formation pathways of many of these species is still under debate.…

We present a new analysis of the potential power of deep, near-infrared, imaging surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to improve our knowledge of galaxy evolution. In this work we properly simulate what can be achieved with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-01 T. W. Kemp , J. S. Dunlop , R. J. McLure , C. Schreiber , A. C. Carnall , F. Cullen

The Near-infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope is uniquely suited to studying galaxies in the distant Universe with its combination of multi-object capabilities and sensitivity over a large range in wavelength…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will have the sensitivity to detect early low-mass black holes as they transition from "seeds" to supermassive black holes (BHs). Based on the JAGUAR mock catalog of galaxies, we present a clean color…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-17 Andy D. Goulding , Jenny E. Greene

Low mass (sub)stellar objects represent the low end of the initial mass function, the transition to free-floating planets and a prominent interloper population in the search for high-redshift galaxies. Without proper motions or…

The JWST Disk Infrared Spectral Chemistry Survey (JDISCS) aims to understand the evolution of the chemistry of inner protoplanetary disks using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). With a growing…

We present a JWST/NIRCam transmission spectrum from $3.9-5.0$ $\mu$m of the recently-validated sub-Earth GJ 341b ($\mathrm{R_P} = 0.92$ $\mathrm{R_{\oplus}}$, $\mathrm{T_{eq}} = 540$ K) orbiting a nearby bright M1 star ($\mathrm{d} = 10.4$…

We report the combined JWST NIRSpec/G395H and NIRISS/SOSS transmission spectrum of the transiting super-Jupiter HAT-P-14 b, from 0.60 $\mu m$ to 5.14 $\mu m$. Initial analysis of these data reported a near-featureless spectrum at NIRSpec…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 Rongrong Liu , Le-Chris Wang , Zafar Rustamkulov , David K. Sing

We present a theoretical framework for interpreting far-ultraviolet (FUV) fluorescent emission from molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) in high-redshift galaxies, motivated by the unique capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to probe…