JWST Science Keywords

The Science Keywords listed here are valid for use in conjunction with Scientific Category  and Alternate Category selection in the JWST APT.  These keywords are selected to align with the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus

Scientific Category



Solar System Astronomy

Asteroids

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Atmospheric composition

Atmospheric variability

Binary systems / Multiple systems

Biomarkers

Centaurs

Chemical composition

Comets

Inner planets

Irregular satellites

Main belt asteroids

Minor planets

Natural satellites

Near-Earth objects

Occultation

Orbits

Outer planets

Planetary atmospheres

Planetary rings

Planetary surfaces

Small solar system bodies

Space weather

Surface composition

Surface ices

Surface processes

Surface variability

Trans-Neptunian objects

Transits

Trojan asteroids

Zodiacal cloud

Exoplanet Atmospheres and Habitability

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Biomarkers

Brown dwarfs

Chemical composition

Exoplanet atmospheres

Exoplanet atmospheric composition

Exoplanet atmospheric variability

Exoplanet detection methods

Exoplanet dynamics

Exoplanet structure

Exoplanet surfaces

Exoplanet systems

Extrasolar gaseous giant planets

Extrasolar ice giants

Extrasolar rocky planets

Extrasolar sub-Neptunes

High contrast techniques

Natural satellites (Extrasolar)

Phase curves

Planet hosting stars

Space weather

Transits

White dwarf stars

Exoplanet System Formation and Dynamics

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Chemical composition

Circumstellar disks

Circumstellar dust

Circumstellar gas

Debris disks

Exoplanet detection methods

Exoplanet dynamics

Exoplanet systems

Extrasolar gaseous giant planets

Free floating planets

High contrast techniques

Microlensing

Natural satellites (Extrasolar)

Planet hosting stars

Protoplanetary disks (Extrasolar)

Stellar accretion disks

Transits

White dwarf stars

Stars and Stellar Populations

Astrometry

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Binary stars / Trinary stars

Black holes

Brown dwarfs

Chemical abundances

Circumstellar matter

Cosmological parameters

Cosmology

Dwarf galaxies

Early-type stars

Evolved stars

Galactic center

Gamma-ray bursts

Globular star clusters

Gravitational microlensing

Gravitational wave sources

Hertzsprung Russell diagram

Hubble constant

Initial mass function

Interacting binary stars

Intermediate-type stars

Large-scale structure of the universe

Late-type stars

Local Group

Low mass stars

Low metallicity stars

Magellanic Clouds

Main sequence stars

Massive stars

Neutron stars

Population I stars

Population II stars

Population III stars

Pre-main sequence stars

Protostars

Pulsars

Red giant tip

Resolved stellar populations

Star clusters

Stellar abundances

Stellar atmospheres

Stellar distance

Stellar evolution

Stellar kinematics

Stellar mergers

Stellar phenomena

Stellar population synthesis

Stellar structures

Supernovae

Transient sources

Variable stars

White dwarf stars

Gas, Dust and the ISM

Astrochemistry

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Chemical abundances

Circumstellar disks

Circumstellar matter

Dwarf galaxies

Early-type stars

Elliptical galaxies

Evolved stars

Galactic center

Galaxy bulges

Galaxy evolution

Galaxy halos

Galaxy spheroids

H II regions

High contrast techniques

High-mass star formation

Interstellar atomic gas

Interstellar dust

Interstellar ices

Interstellar medium

Irregular galaxies

Local Group

Low metallicity stars

Low-mass star formation

Magellanic Clouds

Molecular clouds

Molecular gas

Open star clusters

Planetary nebulae

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Pre-main sequence stars

Protostars

Radiative transfer

Star clusters

Star formation

Star formation histories

Stellar accretion disks

Stellar jets

Young stellar objects

Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies

AGN host galaxies

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Blazars

Broad-absorption line quasar

Circumgalactic medium

Cooling flows

Damped Lyman-alpha systems

Emission line galaxies

Galaxy jets

Galaxy winds

Gunn-Peterson effect

High contrast techniques

High-luminosity active galactic nuclei

Intergalactic medium

LINER galaxies

Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei

Lyman-alpha forest

M-sigma relation

Markarian galaxies

Overdensities

Protoclusters

Quasars

Quenched galaxies

Radio cores

Reionization

Reverberation mapping

Seyfert galaxies

Stellar accretion disks

Stellar feedback

Supermassive black holes

Warm-hot intergalactic medium

X-ray active galactic nuclei

Nearby Galaxies to Cosmic Noon

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Balmer break

Chemical abundances

Circumgalactic medium

Cooling flows

Cosmic noon

Cosmological parameters

Cosmology

Dark energy

Dark matter distribution

Disk galaxies

Dwarf galaxies

Elliptical galaxies

Emission line galaxies

Galaxy bulges

Galaxy clusters

Galaxy dark matter halos

Galaxy disks

Galaxy environments

Galaxy groups

Galaxy kinematics

Galaxy mergers

Galaxy spheroids

Galaxy stellar halos

Galaxy structure

Gamma-ray bursts

Gravitational lensing

High-redshift galaxies

Hubble constant

Infrared photometry

Interacting galaxies

Intergalactic dust clouds

Intergalactic medium

Interstellar dust

Intracluster medium

Irregular galaxies

Local Group

Luminous infrared galaxies

Magellanic Clouds

Metal line absorbers

Molecular gas

Nearby galaxies

Overdensities

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Post-starburst galaxies

Quenched galaxies

Scaling relations

Spectral energy distribution

Star clusters

Star formation

Starburst galaxies

Stellar distance

Stellar populations

Supernovae

Ultraluminous infrared galaxies

High-redshift Galaxies and the Distant Universe

Astronomical models

Astronomical simulations

Balmer break

Chemical abundances

Circumgalactic medium

Cosmic dawn

Cosmic infrared background

Cosmological parameters

Cosmology

Damped Lyman-alpha systems

Dark matter distribution

Dwarf galaxies

Elliptical galaxies

Emission line galaxies

Extragalactic legacy and deep fields

Galaxy clusters

Galaxy dark matter halos

Galaxy disks

Galaxy environments

Galaxy groups

Galaxy kinematics

Galaxy mergers

Galaxy structure

Gamma-ray bursts

Gravitational lensing

Gunn-Peterson effect

High-redshift galaxies

Hubble constant

Infrared photometry

Interacting galaxies

Intergalactic dust clouds

Intergalactic medium

Interstellar dust

Intracluster medium

Irregular galaxies

Large-scale structure of the universe

Luminous infrared galaxies

Lyman-alpha forest

Lyman-break galaxies

Metal line absorbers

Overdensities

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Population III stars

Post-starburst galaxies

Protoclusters

Protogalaxies

Quenched galaxies

Reionization

Scaling relations

Spectral energy distribution

Star formation

Starburst galaxies

Stellar distance

Stellar populations

Supernovae

Warm-hot intergalactic medium



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