The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797) ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

NIRCam is capable of taking images of the 18 primary mirror segments, and it generated the selfie for engineering and alignment purposes, NASA said on its blog Friday (Feb. 11).

Sensing heat radiation rather than visible light, NIRCam can detect the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The new image of Saturn comes almost exactly a year after Webb’s first ...

Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this detailed image of SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A), which has been annotated to highlight key structures. At the center, material ejected from the ...

A test unit for the "NIRCam" instrument that will fly aboard the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and has been placed in a clean room ...

NIRCam can perform a few specialized maneuvers to detect these distant worlds, and the team has started testing these designs. An important use, called time-series observations, ...

NIRCam was assembled by Lockheed Martin, under contract from the University of Arizona, and is scheduled to be delivered to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center late in the northern 2012 summer.

NIRCam is one of many precision optical payloads Lockheed Martin designs, develops and produces for scientific and commercial customers, NASA and other government organizations.

In addition, NIRCam acts as the telescope's primary mirror-alignment sensor, which keeps the 18 individual, adjustable mirror segments aligned, so it comes under the heading of indispensable.

Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured this detailed image of SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). At the center, material ejected from the supernova forms a keyhole shape. Just to its left and ...