The James Webb telescope has captured the “farthest and sharpest infrared images of the early universe,” the US space agency NASA said Monday afternoon (local time). The image shows thousands of galaxies with which you can look back in time 13 billion years, according to NASA.
The first color image taken by the Webb telescope was unveiled at a press conference with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden called the telescope’s image and work “a new look at our universe.”
The James Webb was launched on Christmas Day. It is the successor to the famous Hubble Space Telescope, which is nearing its end. At the end of January, after about a month of flying, the James Webb arrived at its workplace 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. After arriving there, all systems were tested and the instruments on board were cooled, one of them to a temperature of 266 degrees below zero. The mirrors are also adjusted. They bundle the light that comes from the universe and send it to the measuring instruments.
The space agencies of the United States (NASA), Europe (ESA) and Canada (CSA) released the other photos on Tuesday.