ALT A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tall, white rocket emblazoned with the blue NASA insignia and orange-and-purple Psyche mission branding is flanked by booster rockets smudged with black char from previous launches. A cloudy sky unfolds behind the launchpad. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

ALT Desert canyon in the background with the words "Earth Science Week" bolded in white overlaying the image. There is an American Geoscience Institute logo next to the lettering. Bellow the lettering there are the dates October 8-14: Geoscience Innovating for Earth and People and #EarthScienceWeek.

ALT Two images of the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region in space. At left is a near-infrared view taken by Webb’s NIRCam instrument. Three semi-transparent, rusty red-colored pillars rise from the bottom left to the top right. The background is cast in dark blue, and countless stars in yellow and white of all sizes speckle the entire scene. At right is a mid-infrared view taken by Webb’s MIRI instrument. This time, the pillars are in shades of gray-blue and take on the appearance of a ghostly hand reaching toward the right. The background glows orange-red. Scattered throughout the scene are just a few dozen white and blue stars. Some larger stars, embedded in the pillars, appear like red orbs. Compared to the NIRCam view, the MIRI pillars are denser and more opaque.