NASA revealed more images from its James Webb Space Telescope this week, offering humanity a spectacular view of the cosmos at the highest resolution ever captured.
President Joe Biden unveiled the first full-color image taken by the telescope at a White House event Monday. Hailed as the deepest infrared view taken of our universe, it showed a smattering of distant galaxies.
“This is the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from 13 billion—let me say that again, 13 billion—years ago,” Biden said.
Then on Tuesday, NASA dropped four more images, showcasing the $10 billion telescope’s capabilities. Those revealed emerging baby stars in the Carina Nebula, evidence of clouds in the atmosphere of a far-away giant planet, and a dying star expelling a cloud of gas and dust.
According to NASA, scientists hope the telescope will shed light on how the universe’s earliest systems formed and probe for signs of life on other planets.
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