The first image taken by the James Webb Telescope reveals galaxies that formed 13 billion years ago

It’s finally here: After years of waiting, the first image captured by the James Webb Telescope was revealed to the world on Monday, July 11. The fancy shot shows that galaxies formed shortly after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago.

Peek at the deepest, most accurate infrared image of the early universe ever seen — all in the working day of the Webb Telescope. (Literally, it took less than a day to capture!) This is Webb’s first released photo when we start to #UnfoldTheUniverse: https://t.co/tlougFWg8B pic.twitter.com/Y7ebmQwT7j

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An engineering gem worth $10 billion (€9.98 billion), one of James Webb’s main missions is to explore the early ages of the universe. In astronomy, seeing far is equivalent to going back in time, as the observed light has traveled for billions of years before reaching us.

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The image, full of detail, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, with some structures at its core “I’ve never seen her before”According to NASA. The shot was captured in an observation time of 12.5 hours.

This is the first scientific and color photograph of James Webb that falls today “Historical”During the event organized for the occasion at the White House, President Joe Biden received President Joe Biden, six months after the launch of this space telescope into orbit, the most powerful telescope ever designed. this picture “The deepest and clearest infrared image ever taken of the distant universe so far”Welcome to the US Space Agency.

Although the names of James Webb’s top five cosmic targets were announced last week, so far the images have been jealously guarded for suspense.

The following images of this real surprise bag will be revealed during a NASA online event on Tuesday morning. Both should impress the public with their beauty, but should also demonstrate to astronomers around the world all the power of the four scientific instruments on board.

Two images of nebulae — extremely massive clouds of gas and dust where stars form — are in the program for Tuesday: the Carina Nebula, and the Austral Ring Nebula. Another target, Stephan’s Quintet, is a group of galaxies interacting with each other.

So the research work is just the beginning. “Researchers will soon begin to learn more about audiences, ages, history, and compositions.” NASA found these galaxies.