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The James Webb Space Telescope filled us with awe this year. Here's a look back on how.
www.space.comidentified water ice at the edge of the HD 181327 system, and water vapor around a main-belt comet; these results come from NASA and Space.com reports; The telescope continues to image distant galaxies and study exoplanetary atmospheres, star-forming regions, and dust production around massive stars; organic chemistry have been found in a primordial galaxy, expanding insights into early-universe chemistry; it has also identified carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere; these detections underline JWST's mission in exploration across the cosmos; additional sources note ongoing observations across the solar system and beyond; astronomers continue to probe into dark matter and other cosmic mysteries with JWST; JWST's work spans exoplanets, star formation, and dust production around massive stars.