The James Webb Space Telescope unveils a stunning image on its first anniversary

A year after publishing its first images of the universe, the James Webb Space Telescope presented a stunning new image on Wednesday, July 12. We see the birth of stars similar to our Sun. Jets of red hydrogen dominate the image, the result of stars exploding emerging from their cocoons of dust. It is the closest star-forming region from Earth, 390 light-years away, and is located in the Rho Ophiuchi gas cloud.

This image contains about 50 young stars about the size of our Sun. “It allows us to witness with new clarity a very brief period in the life cycle of stars.”explained Klaus Pontopidan, director of the James Webb Science Program at the Space Telescope Science Institute. “Our Sun has been through a phase like this for a long time.”

James Webb transformed humanity’s view of the universe.

On July 12, 2022, the US space agency unveiled the first color images of its new space observatory. This event marks the beginning of the scientific processes of this jewel of technology, as it has evolved 1.5 million km from Earth.

In just one year, the James Webb telescope has changed humanity’s view of the universeNASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. Each new image is a discovery, encouraging scientists around the world to ask and answer questions they hadn’t even dreamed of before.” On this one-year anniversary, NASA planned to bring back this year’s discovery with a live video broadcast on the Internet.