See breathtaking images from the James Webb Telescope

Space – After the first image revealed by US President Joe Biden on Monday, July 11, The NASA Finally on Tuesday, July 12, all the images taken by the telescope were released James Webb. Stunning views Galaxies and nebulae, You can see it in the video above the articleAnd it marks the beginning of scientific research that has been awaited for years by astronomers around the world.

Breathtaking images

During the hour-long presentation, the US space agency released the images one by one. First there was the Southern Ring Nebula: a large cloud of gas around a dying star. Then the “Stephan Quintet”, a group of constellations interact with each other. And finally the most impressive, the Carina Nebula, located about 7,600 light-years away, explains the formation of stars. It is home to many massive stars, many times larger than our Sun.

“Every image is a new discovery,” NASA President Bill Nelson said at the launch. “Each will give humanity a view of the universe we’ve never had before.”

Detection of extraterrestrials

The latest cosmic object to be spotted on Tuesday was A extraterrestrialA planet orbiting a star other than our Sun is one of James Webb’s major researches.

It was not actually photographed, but analyzed by spectroscopy, which is used to determine the chemical composition of distant matter. In this case, WASP-96 b is a gas giant planet.

James Webb was launched by rocket from French Guiana on Christmas Day about six months ago Ariadne 5. As a result of enormous international cooperation, and in the program since the 1990s, it has been positioned 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

The release of these first images marked the beginning of an enormous scientific adventure that would stretch over many years and transform our understanding of the universe.

Researchers from around the world have reserved observation time with James Webb, whose plan for its first year of operation has already been carefully determined by a panel of experts and made public.

The telescope has enough fuel to run for 20 years. Around 20,000 people worldwide worked on the project, making it a major international collaboration.

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