For the first time, humanity is able to delight its eyes with the farthest confines of space, with the clearest, sharpest photos ever taken of the universe around us.
After U.S. President Joe Biden had the honor of presenting the first full-color photograph captured by the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Monday, NASA released the full list of photographs on Tuesday morning. beauty.
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Images released on Tuesday include a vision of a giant gaseous planet outside our solar system, two images of a nebula where stars of spectacular beauty are born and die, and an update of a classic image of five closely grouped galaxies that they dance around each other.
Gregory Robinson, director of the James Webb Space Telescope program, took the stage Tuesday morning, talking about the image that President Biden revealed yesterday. “You haven’t seen anything yet,” he added, talking about today’s images.
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The first image revealed on Tuesday shows a very hot, gaseous exoplanet called WASP-96b. The planet, which is about 1,000 light-years from Earth and does not exist in our solar system, is about the size of Jupiter but about half the mass. The JWST captured the distinct signature of water in its atmosphere, along with evidence of clouds and fog surrounding the inflated gas planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star.
WASP-96 b is one of more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way. Courtesy / NASA NASA says the discovery surpasses the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to observe exoplanets by providing a “detailed observation (that) marks a major leap forward in the search to characterize potentially habitable planets beyond Earth “. 3:03 James Webb Telescope: NASA reveals data showing the atmospheric composition of the exoplanet James Webb Telescope: NASA reveals data showing the atmospheric composition of the exoplanet
The second image revealed shows a planetary nebula, also known as the death of a star.
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The faintest star at the center of this scene has been sending rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions. Courtesy / NASA
It is known as the southern ring nebula, and the image of the cosmic body falling jaw was captured at mid-infrared wavelengths, showing when the star launched its own atmosphere into space. “like an expanding soap bubble.” The only part of the star left behind was a hot core, known as a white dwarf, in the center of the image.
According to NASA, the image was captured about 2,500 light-years away.
4:04 James Webb Telescope: NASA unveils first image of planetary nebula “Southern Ring” caused by dying star James Webb Telescope: NASA reveals first image of planetary nebula “Southern Ring” caused by star dying
Image number three focuses on the Stephan Quintet, a cluster of galaxies so compact that two of them are merging into one.
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Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, is best known for being a standout in the classic holiday movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Courtesy / NASA
The stunning photo shows five rotating galaxies grouped into the largest photo captured by the JWST to date. With powerful infrared vision and extremely high resolution, the massive mosaic was created with nearly 1,000 separate images. NASA says the photograph provides new insights into how galactic interactions may have driven the evolution of galaxies in the early universe.
Also pictured are bright clusters of young stars and stellar regions of fresh star births. The tails of gas, dust, and stars are the result of gravitational interactions between galaxies, and one of the galaxies can be seen breaking the cluster in the stunning image.
3:35 James Webb Telescope: NASA Reveals Image of the “Stephan’s Quintet” Galaxy Group James Webb Telescope: NASA Reveals Image of the “Stephen’s Quintet” Galaxy Group
The final image presented on Tuesday, and perhaps the most impressive of all, shows the Carina Nebula in all its splendor.
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Called Cosmic Cliffs, Webb’s seemingly three-dimensional image looks like steep mountains on a moonlit evening. Courtesy / NASA
The bright image shows the birth of a star, with what look like mountains and valleys from the cosmic cliffs in full display. Captured with infrared light, NASA says the image shows unpublished images of previously invisible areas of star birth.
The seemingly three-dimensional photo may look like mountain cliffs, but what you’re seeing is the edge of a giant, gaseous cavity within the star formation, caused by intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar star winds. extremely massive, hot, localized young people. in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image.
3:35 James Webb Telescope: NASA Reveals First Image of Unseen Stars in the ‘Cute Nebula’ James Webb Telescope: NASA Reveals First Unseen Star Image in the ‘Cute Nebula’
NASA is organizing a live question and answer session with members of the media and a selection of agency experts, as well as representatives from the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, who have made contributions to the telescope. and its mission.
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Scientists at the press conference talked about how revolutionary JWST images are. Jane Rigby, the JWST operations project scientist, said, “Personally, I went and made an ugly shout,” when she learned the first data and saw how the telescope worked.
“Personally, I went and made an ugly cry. Because it works.”
The sharp resolution of @ NASAWebb’s images was enough to make astrophysicist Jane Rigby cry. How are you reacting to the ability of this telescope to # Unfold The Universe? pic.twitter.com/qUphFblA75
– NASA (@NASA) July 12, 2022
Martin Barstow, a professor of astrophysics and space science at the University of Leicester, spoke with Global’s Alan Carter on Tuesday, saying he is “absolutely knocked out” by data sent from the JWST.
“What surprised me was the detail. In theory, you know what will happen when you put a large telescope in space and we know it’s bigger than Hubble, but somehow the reality of the detail of these images, of how spectacular the resolution is, exceeds the everyone’s expectations ”.
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– NASA (@NASA) July 12, 2022
Barstow added that Tuesday’s photos are “a very small sample of what’s to come,” saying scientists expect the telescope to be operational for a decade or more.
“So I think if you think about this period of time, it’s going to be a real revolution. Astronomy will be completely transformed by the James Webb Space Telescope, and our knowledge of the universe will change from all recognition to what it is now. I think it’s a fairly easy prediction to make “.
The photo Biden revealed Monday was a “deep field” image, full of massive stars and galaxies in the foreground distorting the light of objects behind it, telescoping them and making faint, extremely distant galaxies visible. Part of the image will consist of light shortly after the Big Bang.
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The first color photograph taken by the James Webb Space Telescope has been revealed. Courtesy / NASA
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