First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
On Monday, July 11, President Joe Biden released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. NASA, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), will release the full set of Webb’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. EDT (14:30 UTC) on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.
Released one by one, the first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope will demonstrate Webb at its full power, ready to begin its mission to unfold the infrared universe. The first images will be added to this page as they are released.
Source: nasa.gov
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Finally Arrived in Orbit
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Finally Arrived in Orbit
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has finally inserted itself into its final operational orbit in space, where it will continue at a permanent distance of roughly 1 million miles from our planet, and enjoy the best view of the oldest galaxies and stars in the observable universe, according to a blog post on NASA’s official website.And, soon, the real fun will begin.NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made it all the way to L2
First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope