Dr. Amber Straughn (she/her)
@astraughnomer.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter. NASA Astrophysicist for #JWST. From Arkansas. Hiking, yoga, Great Dane mom, pilot, Pearl Jam superfan. #FirstGen Personal account - my views
From this data, we've found an incredible, huge black hole in the very distant universe - less than 600 million years after the Big Bang, and it's growing much faster than theories predict. The more we look, the more we learn, and mysteries keep piling up! More: esawebb.org/news/weic252...
Webb witnesses a feasting supermassive black hole in the early Universe
Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole within a galaxy just 570 million years after the Big Bang. Part of a class of s...
esawebb.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
From this data, we've found an incredible, huge black hole in the very distant universe - less than 600 million years after the Big Bang, and it's growing much faster than theories predict. The more we look, the more we learn, and mysteries keep piling up! More: esawebb.org/news/weic252...
Check out NASA's page on all things comet 3I/ATLAS! Including an interactive that shows where it's at right now, and where it's heading: science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science
NASA missions are working together to track and study this rare, interstellar comet as it passes through our solar system.
science.nasa.gov
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Check out NASA's page on all things comet 3I/ATLAS! Including an interactive that shows where it's at right now, and where it's heading: science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
It's already considered a planetary nebula! Here's the writeup w/ more detail from our friends at ESA: esawebb.org/images/potm2...
esawebb.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It's already considered a planetary nebula! Here's the writeup w/ more detail from our friends at ESA: esawebb.org/images/potm2...
More about this image: this is called the Red Spider Nebula - it's showing the end stages of a star. This star has started to cast off its outer layers, creating the intricate structure seen here. More detail: esawebb.org/images/potm2...
The Red Spider Nebula, caught by Webb
The Red Spider Nebula, caught by Webb
esawebb.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
More about this image: this is called the Red Spider Nebula - it's showing the end stages of a star. This star has started to cast off its outer layers, creating the intricate structure seen here. More detail: esawebb.org/images/potm2...
In all honesty - I was able to appreciate some rebalancing time during the shutdown, but being able to work on incredible missions like #jwst is why I work here. I missed it, and am glad to be back ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In all honesty - I was able to appreciate some rebalancing time during the shutdown, but being able to work on incredible missions like #jwst is why I work here. I missed it, and am glad to be back ❤️
Thank you so much. Things are rough. I’m just ready to get back to work.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Thank you so much. Things are rough. I’m just ready to get back to work.
Omg that’s incredible!!!
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Omg that’s incredible!!!
That was such a shock - still can’t believe that happened! 😄
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
That was such a shock - still can’t believe that happened! 😄
Thank you!
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thank you!