Following the release of the first color recording of the $10 billion James Webb Telescope, NASA reveals a series of color images from the first observations of the International Space Telescope. In the first phase of the project, the James Webb Telescope photographs areas of space selected by a committee of scientists from the American Space Agency (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

According to NASA, the goal of James Webb’s missions is to “change our understanding of the universe.” The first images are two photographs southern ring nebulawhich scientists believe could represent the future of our Sun, which will one day become a nebula — an expanding cloud of gas that surrounds a star at the end of its life.

• southern ring nebula

NASA says the James Webb Telescope will be able to capture, in never-before-seen detail, clouds of gas and dust emitted by stars at the end of their lives. already carina nebula it is considered the “nursery of the stars” and is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky, located about 7600 light years from Earth. “Nebulae are stellar nurseries where stars form. The Carina Nebula is home to many massive stars several times the size of the Sun.

• carina nebula

Finally, the agency released a composite image of five galaxies (NGC7317, 7318A, 7318B, 7319 and 7320), called Stephen’s Quintet. The astrological formation was discovered by the French astronomer Edouard Stephan in 1877 and is located at a distance of more than 290 million light years in the constellation Pegasus.

• Stephen’s Quintet

For astronomers and enthusiasts, the discovered images are not some new celestial bodies. In contrast, Stephen’s Quintet and the nebulae are well-known figures. NASA claims that this is the first goal of the project. “The choice of these objects is related to the science that James Webb intends to do. These are not unknown objects, but objects that cover several areas of study for which the telescope was designed, from planets to objects very far from Earth. Universe”.

The James Webb Telescope was launched in 2021 and is considered the largest space observatory ever built. During his mission in space, he will take some new pictures to help scientists understand how the universe works. Below you can see an image of the telescope’s mirrors during the testing phase.

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