Overview of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES)

Eisenstein, DJ, Willott, C, Alberts, S, Arribas, S, Bonaventura, N, Bunker, AJ, Cameron, AJ, Carniani, S, Charlot, S, Curtis-Lake, E, D'eugenio, F, Ferruit, P, Giardino, G, Hainline, K, Hausen, R, Jakobsen, P, Johnson, BD, Maiolino, R, Rauscher, BJ, Rieke, M et al (2026) Overview of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 283 (1). ISSN 1538-4365

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Abstract

We present an overview of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), an ambitious program of infrared imaging and spectroscopy in the GOODS-S and GOODS-N deep fields, designed to study galaxy evolution from high redshift to cosmic noon. JADES uses about 770 hr of Cycle 1 guaranteed time largely from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument teams. In GOODS-S, in and around the Hubble Ultra Deep Field and Chandra Deep Field South, JADES produces a deep imaging region of ∼42 arcmin2 with over 100 hr of exposure time spread over nine NIRCam filters, including two medium-band filters. This is extended at medium depth in GOODS-S and GOODS-N with NIRCam imaging of ∼167 arcmin2, averaging 25 hr of exposure over 8–10 filters. In both fields, we conduct extensive NIRSpec multiobject spectroscopy, including two deep pointings of 55 hr exposure time, 14 medium pointings of ∼12 hr, and 15 shallower pointings of ∼4 hr, targeting over 5000 Hubble Space Telescope– and JWST-detected faint sources with five low-, medium-, and high-resolution dispersers covering 0.6–5.3 μm. Finally, JADES extends redward via coordinated parallels with the JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument, featuring ∼10 arcmin2 with 43 hr of exposure at 7.7 μm and thrice that area with 1.4–6.8 hr of exposure at 12.8 and 15 μm. For nearly 30 yr, the GOODS-S and GOODS-N fields have been developed as the premier deep fields on the sky; JADES is now providing a compelling start on JWST's legacy in these fields.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	5101 Astronomical Sciences; 51 Physical Sciences; 5101 Astronomical Sciences; 51 Physical Sciences; 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural); Astronomy & Astrophysics; 5101 Astronomical sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	American Astronomical Society
Date of acceptance:	17 December 2025
Date of first compliant Open Access:	8 June 2026
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2026 13:52
Last Modified:	08 Jun 2026 13:52
DOI or ID number:	10.3847/1538-4365/ae3163
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28777

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