Unknown Universe

Discover hidden wonders from deep space unveiled by the James Webb Space Telescope

Tom Kerss

• Publisher: Collins
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780008774653
• eBook ISBN:
  9780008711474
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Photography

A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmos

A beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful infrared space observatory, along with expert insights into their revelations.

Discover how these awe-inspiring images enhance our understanding of the Cosmos, and what new mysteries they unlock for astronomers.

Learn more about humanity's mission to explore the far reaches of the Universe. Discover the history and background of the JWST, its technical design (size, optical system, heat shield and orbit), how the incredible observatory's instruments work, and why its striking images look the way they do.

Tom Kerss provides accessible commentary, explaining the images in non-scientific terms whilst introducing the astronomical jargon used by the experts. He presents his own previously unpublished images, processed from real data, and presents both the answers and questions brought to light by the engine of wonder that is the James Webb Space Telescope.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Note to Readers
• Contents
• Foreword
• A Note From the Author
• History of the James Webb Space Telescope
• Construction and Launch
• Technical Design
• Cameras
• Filters
• Webb’s First Deep Field
• The Southern Ring Nebula
• Two Views of the Gas in the Southern Ring Nebula
• The Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula
• Star Formation in the Cosmic Cliffs
• Stephan’s Quintet (NIRCam + MIRI Composite)
• Stephan’s Quintet (MIRI)
• The Cartwheel Galaxy (NIRCam + MIRI Composite)
• The Cartwheel Galaxy (MIRI)
• Star-Studded Cluster NGC 6440
• Chamaeleon I Molecular Cloud
• The Uranian System
• NGC 1512
• The Tarantula Nebula
• The Spider’s Heart (MIRI)
• The Neptunian System
• NGC 1433
• Dimorphos Ejecta
• VV 191
• WR 140 (MIRI)
• NGC 1385
• Hip 65426 B – ‘Najsakopajk’
• Pillars of Creation (NIRCam)
• Pillars of Creation (MIRI)
• Pillars of Creation (NIRCam + MIRI Composite)
• NGC 1365
• Dwarf Galaxy WLM
• L1527 and Protostar
• Distant Galaxies Beyond Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744
• NGC 1300
• Au Microscopii’s Dusty Disc
• NGC 346
• The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 (MIRI)
• NGC 1087
• NGC 7496
• NGC 1433
• Globular Cluster M92
• NGC 628
• WR 124 (MIRI)
• WR 124 (NIRCam + MIRI)
• Cassiopeia A
• Hubble Ultra Deep Field – Webb’s View
• NGC 7496
• ARP 220
• The Dusty Debris Disc Around Fomalhaut
• Comet 238P/Read
• Extragalactic Expanse
• IC 5332
• Quasar J0100+2802
• Orion Bar (NIRCam)
• Orion Bar (MIRI)
• Aspire Cosmic Filament
• NGC 5068
• Saturn
• Saturn’s Mysterious Moon: Titan
• Dusty Supernovae in the Fireworks Galaxy
• Ceers Survey
• NGC 4535
• Rho Ophiuchi
• HH 46/47
• El Gordo
• NGC 4321
• Sunrise Arc
• The Ring Nebula (NIRCam)
• The Ring Nebula (MIRI)
• NGC 5584 (Webb and Hubble)
• NGC 4303
• HH 211
• Jupiter
• Europa
• NGC 346
• NGC 4254
• Kilonova and Host Galaxy
• The Crab Nebula
• Macs 0416 (Webb and Hubble)
• Macs 0416 Sagittarius C
• NGC 3627
• Cassiopeia A (NIRCam)
• IC 348
• Nebulosity in the Pleiades
• NGC 3351
• Goods-North Field
• NGC 604 (NIRCam)
• NGC 604 (MIRI)
• NGC 5468 (Webb and Hubble)
• NGC 2835
• Protostar Iras 233854
• Supernova 1987A
• M82
• Sunburst Arc
• NGC 1672
• The Beauty of NGC 3603
• The Heart of the Orion Nebula (Shortwave)
• The Heart of the Orion Nebula (Longwave)
• Explosion Fingers
• NGC 1566
• NGC 6822 (NIRCam + MIRI Composite)
• NGC 6822 (Seen by NIRCam and MIRI)
• HH 797
• The Cosmic Seahorse
• The Awesome Power of an AGN
• Merging Galaxies Ii Zw 96
• M74 – The Phantom Galaxy
• The Horsehead Nebula (NIRCam)
• The Horsehead Nebula (MIRI)
• I Zw 18
• Birth of a Star Cluster
• About the Publisher