13/07/2022
OUT OF THIS WORLD!
The very first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope were released in handout photos provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Image 1: Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb's First Deep Field, is seen in the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far.
Image 2-3: The dimmer star at the center of this scene has been sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions, and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed for the first time that this star is cloaked in dust. Two cameras aboard Webb captured the latest image of this planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 3132, and known informally as the Southern Ring Nebula. It is approximately 2,500 light.
Image 4: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephans Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, in a new light. This enormous mosaic is Webb's largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon' s diameter. It contains over 150 million pixels and is constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files. The information from Webb provides new insights into how galactic interactions may have driven galaxy evolution in the early universe.
Image 5: A landscape of mountains and valleys speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth.
July 11-12, 2022
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