IS THIS WHEN IT BEGAN? James Webb telescope releases stunning image nearly 13 BILLION years old
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson revealed one of the James Webb Space Telescope's first images during a preview event at the White House in Washington on Monday, July 11. The image is the deepest infrared view of the universe to date, according to a NASA statement, and was created using just 12.5 hours of observing time on one of the telescope's four instruments. NASA will release the full set of Webb’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data during a televised broadcast beginning at 10:30 am EDT on Tuesday, July 12, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope's first image known as Webb’s First Deep Field is the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Thousands of galaxies, including the faintest infrared objects ever observed, have appeared in Webb's view for the first time. The first science-quality image is captured by the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope. During the ceremony at the White House on Monday evening, Biden said it was “a historic day” as the world’s largest and most powerful space science telescope offered a “new window into the history of our universe”.
