July 12 at NASA will present the first official images James Webb Space Telescope. Just a few days before this big opening, agency already gave advice on what to expect in the coming weeks. Among the first photos to be presented is a photo of the farthest point Universe ever seen and atmosphere exoplanet.

The scientists were touched by the photographs

A “deeper image” of the universe fulfills one of the goals James Webb Space Telescope: Explore the origin of the universes. In April of this year, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered galaxy HD1, the farthest observable. At the press conference NASA didn’t mention if the image was related to HD1, which formed 300 million years after the Big Bang. Bill Nelson, Director NASA, just commented that it will be one of the first objects in the universe. Expect images of objects older than 13.3 billion years.

The other image will show the exoplanet’s atmosphere. This image was probably taken with a tool NIRISS, which is responsible for identifying elements of the atmosphere of exoplanets. OUR NASA so excited about these images that she doesn’t even send banned press releases. Thomas Zurbuchen and Pam Melroy, staff agency, commented that they were touched by the images. “This is an exciting time when you see how nature reveals some secrets,” Zurbuchen said. Melroy said that what she saw touched her “as a scientist, engineer and person.” The 12th is coming soon!

James Webb: years from production to release

project James Webb telescope was developed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with European and Canadian space agencies. It was originally scheduled to launch in 2007. But some problems delayed the launch of the model, one of them was the high cost of the James Webb telescope, which grew more and more and, back in 2005, forced Engineers to rethink the original design.

In 2016, the telescope was declared ready, but its project was again put on hold due to construction difficulties and remained so until 2019, when it was finally assembled. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been more delays until NASA finally scheduled for release on December 18, 2021.

With it, researchers will be able to observe even more things from space, being able to see some of the oldest galaxies in the universe and other celestial bodies such as black holes.

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Via: Ars Technique, Cosmos