"You could say that these are the first 'direct' images ofgalaxy formationthat we've ever seen," study lead authorKasper Elm Heintz, an astrophysicist at the Cosmic Dawn Center, said in astatement. "Whereas James Webb has previously shown us early galaxies at later stages of evolution, her...
Previous surveys by theHubble Space Telescopeand the retiredHerschel Space Observatoryhad found a handful of lensed images of background galaxies in their SMACS J0723 observations. But Webb takes the hunt to a whole new level. Frye's team, which was led by graduate student Massimo Pascale at ...
President Biden unveiled the first color image from theJames Webb Space Telescopeon Monday, a jaw-dropping "deep field" photo capturing the faint light of uncounted suns in thousands of never-before-seen galaxies, including arcs of light where their combined gravity magnified images of even more ...
“It carries a few hallmarks of the views Webb has produced during its postlaunch preparations. Bright stars stand out with their six, long, sharply defined diffraction spikes – an effect due to Webb’s six-sided mirror segments. Beyond the stars, galaxies fill nearly the entire background....
The telescope "takes all that glare and background away" so that "we can start to tease out the atmospheric composition" of the planet, McCaughrean, who has worked on the Webb project for more than 20 years, told AFP. Neptune appears as deep blue in previous images taken by the Hubble...
Selfie of the James Webb Space Telescope in February 2022. NASA Selfie of Webb in March 2022 ESA Two Selfies of the Webb Telescope The two images above are of the James Webb Space Telescope, taken in February and March 2022. They show how the smaller, individual mirrors had been successf...
“The Webb Telescope represents the start to a new era of what we can accomplish for the benefit of all.” The stamp features a stunning artist’s digital illustration of Webb against a background of stars. The selvage around each set of stamps showcases a sharp image of a star, ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far. Webb’s First Deep Field is galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and it is teeming with thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared. Here: ...
The state-of-the-art instruments on the $9 billion James Webb Space Telescope will help us see more of the vast reaches of the universe than ever before.
After staying the photos the following day, he noticed the nebulosity in the background — it’s a backdrop feature that’s located roughly 1,300 light-years away from Earth. The location of the James Webb Space Telescope in the timelapse near the star Alnilam. Still frame by@ethan_gone....