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On July 12, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color science images were unveiled to the world.

As a special challenge to mark this occasion, we’ve scrambled the names of six targets that JWST has observed over the last year—unscramble them successfully, and they’ll be the key to unlocking an exclusive anniversary poster.

(example: O, B, S, E, W, P, E, T, E, L, B, C, E becomes “Webb Telescope”)

Feel free to discuss on this thread. In fact, we encourage it! But please use the spoiler tag for those who want to solve this themselves.

• Puzzle 1: N, A, B, A, R, U, N, C, E, L, I, A

• Puzzle 2: U, P, H, E, T, N, S, Q, T, T, N, I, A, E, S

• Puzzle 3: S, H, G, N, U, N, N, A, R, E, B, U, O, I, R, E, T, L

• Puzzle 4: E, L, X, A, T, W, G, Y, C, E, H, R, L, A, A

• Puzzle 5: S, A, 0, D, O, U, D, 3, R

• Puzzle 6: 7, C, A, 0, S, M, 2, S, 3

We’ll provide the answers and share Part 2 of this challenge at 10 AM ET (1400 UTC) on July 12. Happy solving!

Update: Here are the answers to the 6 puzzles we presented.

• Answer 1: Carina Nebula