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astro-ph.GA2026

SN Helios: A Multiply Imaged Type II Supernova Opening Time-Delay Cosmography beyond redshift of 3

Seiji Fujimoto, Conor Larison, Justin D. R. Pierel +64

We report the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of SN Helios, a strongly lensed, multiply imaged Type II supernova (SN) at behind the galaxy cluster RXC J0018.5+162…

astro-ph.IM2026

Wide field Slitless Spectroscopy with JWST's MIRI

Andreea Petric, Sarah Kendrew, David Law +12

We present a snapshot of the ongoing efforts to obtain background-subtracted, wavelength-, and flux-calibrated spectra taken with the new Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) mo…

astro-ph.IM2026

Enhancing the performance and capabilities of the MIRI instrument on JWST

S. Kendrew, M. Engesser, K. Rowlands +23

MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope, is the only instrument sensitive to wavelengths longward of 5 um on the observatory. In this regime, MIRI bring…

astro-ph.HE2026

JWST Spectra Indicate a Large Mass of Postshock Dust Formed by SN 2010jl

Nathan Smith, Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox +22

We present new JWST mid-IR spectra and ground-based optical spectra of the lingering source at the position of SN 2010jl, which was a relatively nearby superluminous Type IIn super…

astro-ph.GA2026

The JADES Transient Survey II: Volumetric Supernova Rates out to z~5

Christa DeCoursey, Christian Vassallo, Louis-Gregory Strolger +27

The JADES Transient Survey (JTS) identified 83 supernova (SN) candidates in the JADES Deep Field, a 25 arcmin region with deep (30 mag) multi-band, multi-epoch JWST…

astro-ph.HE2026

A spectroscopically confirmed, strongly lensed, metal-poor Type II supernova at z = 5.13

David A. Coulter, Conor Larison, Justin D. R. Pierel +88

Observing supernovae (SNe) in the early Universe (z > 3) provides a window into how both galaxies and individual stars have evolved over cosmic time, yet a detailed study of high-r…

astro-ph.HE2026

Expanding the High-z Supernova Frontier: "Wide-Area" JWST Discoveries from the First Two Years of COSMOS-Web

Ori D. Fox, Armin Rest, Justin D. R. Pierel +48

Transient astronomy in the early Universe (z > 2) remains largely unexplored, lying beyond the rest-frame optical spectroscopic reach of most current observatories. Yet this regime…

astro-ph.SR2025

JWST Observations of SN 2023ixf II: The Panchromatic Evolution Between 250 and 720 Days After the Explosion

K. Medler, C. Ashall, P. Hoeflich +60

We present the nebular phase spectroscopic and photometric observations of the nearby hydrogen-rich core-collapse supernova (CC-SN) 2023ixf, obtained through our JWST programs. The…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

COSMOS-Web: MIRI Data Reduction and Number Counts at 7.7m using JWST

Santosh Harish, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Daizhong Liu +19

The COSMOS-Web survey is the largest JWST Cycle 1 General Observer program covering a contiguous ~0.54 deg area with NIRCam imaging in four broad-band filters and a non-contigu…

astro-ph.SR2025

Very Late-Time JWST and Keck Spectra of the Oxygen-Rich Supernova 1995N

Geoffrey C. Clayton, R. Wesson, Ori D. Fox +43

We present new {\it JWST}/MIRI MRS and Keck spectra of SN 1995N obtained in 2022--2023, more than 10,000 days after the supernova (SN) explosion. These spectra are among the latest…

astro-ph.HE2025

The First Photometric Evidence of a Transient/Variable Source at z>5 with JWST

Christa DeCoursey, Eiichi Egami, Fengwu Sun +27

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered 79 transients out to 4.8 through the JADES Transient Survey (JTS), but the JTS did not find any 5 transients. Here,…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

JWST/MIRI detects the dusty SN1993J about 30 years after explosion

Tamás Szalai, Szanna Zsíros, Jacob Jencson +37

Core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) have long been considered to contribute significantly to the cosmic dust budget. New dust cools quickly and is therefore detectable at mid-infrared…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Discovery of a likely Type II SN at =3.6 with JWST

D. A. Coulter, J. D. R. Pierel, C. DeCoursey +30

Transient astronomy in the early, high-redshift (z > 3) Universe is an unexplored regime that offers the possibility of probing the first stars and the Epoch of Reionization. Durin…

astro-ph.HE2025

Properties of high-redshift Type II supernovae discovered by the JADES transient survey

Takashi J. Moriya, David A. Coulter, Christa DeCoursey +23

In this work we estimate the explosion and progenitor properties of six Type II supernovae (SNe) at 0.675 <= z <= 3.61 discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Advanced…

astro-ph.CO2024

Testing for Intrinsic Type Ia Supernova Luminosity Evolution at z>2 with JWST

J. D. R. Pierel, D. A. Coulter, M. R. Siebert +38

The James Webb Space Telescope} (JWST) is opening new frontiers of transient discovery and follow-up at high-redshift. Here we present the discovery of a spectroscopically confirme…

astro-ph.HE2024

JWST/MIRI Observations of Newly Formed Dust in the Cold, Dense Shell of the Type IIn SN 2005ip

Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox, Tea Temim +42

Dust from core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), specifically Type IIP SNe, has been suggested to be a significant source of the dust observed in high-redshift galaxies. CCSNe eject lar…

astro-ph.GA2024

Discovery of An Apparent Red, High-Velocity Type Ia Supernova at z = 2.9 with JWST

J. D. R. Pierel, M. Engesser, D. A. Coulter +27

We present the JWST discovery of SN 2023adsy, a transient object located in a host galaxy JADES-GS with a host spectroscopic redshift of . Th…

astro-ph.HE2024

Discovery of a Relativistic Stripped Envelope Type Ic-BL Supernova at z = 2.83 with JWST

M. R. Siebert, C. Decoursey, D. A. Coulter +26

We present JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec observations of a Type Ic supernova (SN Ic) and its host galaxy (JADES-GS+53.13533-27.81457) at . This SN (named SN 2023adta) was ident…

astro-ph.HE2024

The JADES Transient Survey: Discovery and Classification of Supernovae in the JADES Deep Field

Christa DeCoursey, Eiichi Egami, Justin D. R. Pierel +35

The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) is a multi-cycle JWST program that has taken among the deepest near-/mid-infrared images to date (down to 30 ABmag) over $…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 51 cited

Lensed Type Ia Supernova "Encore" at z=2: The First Instance of Two Multiply-Imaged Supernovae in the Same Host Galaxy

J. D. R. Pierel, A. B. Newman, S. Dhawan +60

A bright (=24 mag), supernova (SN) candidate was discovered in JWST/NIRCam imaging acquired on 2023 November 17. The SN is quintuply-imaged as a result o…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 3 cited

JWST Spectroscopy of SN H0pe: Classification and Time Delays of a Triply-imaged Type Ia Supernova at z = 1.78

Wenlei Chen, Patrick L. Kelly, Brenda L. Frye +19

SN H0pe is a triply imaged supernova (SN) at redshift discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In order to classify the SN spectroscopically and measure the…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 34 cited

JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Imaging

Dan Dicken, Macarena García Marín, Irene Shivaei +37

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the observatory with a huge advance in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy covering the w…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 38 cited

JWST Photometric Time-Delay and Magnification Measurements for the Triply-Imaged Type Ia "Supernova H0pe" at z = 1.78

J. D. R. Pierel, B. L. Frye, M. Pascale +60

Supernova (SN) H0pe is a gravitationally lensed, triply-imaged, Type Ia SN (SN Ia) discovered in James Webb Space Telescope imaging of the PLCK G165.7+67.0 cluster of galaxies. Wel…

astro-ph.HE2023

Serendipitous detection of the dusty Type IIL SN 1980K with JWST/MIRI

Szanna Zsíros, Tamás Szalai, Ilse De Looze +39

We present mid-infrared (mid-IR) imaging of the Type IIL supernova (SN) 1980K with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) more than 40 yr post-explosion. SN 1980K, located in the ne…