The first image from James Webb’s space telescope - Webb’s First Deep Field - was shared by NASA yesterday showing a more high -resolution, bright, sharp image and showing objects previously invisible. Today NASA shared some more photos that were successfully captured by a space telescope that has a mirror the size of this tennis court.
The first image in this set is the area of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. From a distance it looks like hills and mountains but is actually space dust that will form new stars. It looks small but the highest "mountain" in the infrared picture above is as high as 7 light -years. With James Webb the detail on the dust and stars in the background looks much clearer than images taken by Hubble before.
Next up is Stephan’s Quintet which consists of five galaxies located nearby. This image is produced by combining 1000 images with a size reaching 150 Megapixels. Images from James Webb show gas, dust and stars being pulled by gravity from several galaxies as well as more star clusters within these galaxies.
The Southern Ring Nebula is located 2500 light -years from Earth. It was a clump of dust scattered after a death of a star. With higher resolution, scientists can see how dust is scattered more clearly as well as what molecules exist after the death of a star. The picture on the left was taken by James Webb while the picture on the right was taken by Hubble.
Lastly is the WASP-96b spectral image. Based on light from objects located hundreds of light -years from Earth, James Webb could detect the presence of water. This is important in the search for exoplanets that may be occupied by humans when we embark on exploration into stellar space in the future.