NIRSpec

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage NIRSpec, the Near‑Infrared Spectrograph aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, captures high‑resolution spectra across 0.6–5 µm. It was instrumental in the recent study that mapped the light from gas spiraling into supermassive black holes, revealing how these behemoths grow by accreting surrounding material. By resolving the velocity and composition of the infalling gas, NIRSpec helped astronomers quantify the feeding rates and energetic output of active galactic nuclei.