NASA reveals astoundingly deep space photo from Webb telescope test

The observatory's first full-color images will be shown in a test photo just before the premiere.

A new image was revealed by the U.S. space agency on Thursday. NASA nonchalantly shared the picture over social media to demonstrate the strength and clarity of the image.

The European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency plan to roll out the first set of full-color images on July 12. Despite NASA administrator Bill Nelson's announcement that the cache will include the deepest image of the universe ever taken, this picture is already breaking the current record.

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The new snapshot at the top of this story might not be very impressive for some people, like sesame seeds on a hamburger bun or gnats on a car. Behind just a few bright stars with giant spikes of light are galaxies filled with solar systems.

Hundreds of billions of stars and planets could be contained in those tiny flecks. The telescope team says there are thousands of faint galaxies within this single frame. Light and other forms of radiation take a long time to reach us in astronomy.

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During the early tests of the observatory, a project scientist at NASA once said that there was no way that the observatory could not see at any point in the sky.

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It's true in this case. The Fine Guidance Sensor is designed to point and hold onto targets. It's just a bonus feature to take pictures. Engineers were testing the telescope's ability to lock onto one star and roll when the picture was taken. There is a possibility that this will prompt a visual for a recent movie.

The image was taken over a 32 hour period and was layer on top of each other. According to the post, the ragged edges of the photo are caused by the overlap of the frames.

Some of the oldest and faintest light in the universe will be observed by the space shuttle. The golden age of our understanding of the universe is predicted by theAstronomers.

Many of the first stars and galaxies were born in a period less than 300 million years after the Bigbang. It will be used by scientists to peer into the atmosphere of other worlds. Water and methane are some of the main ingredients of life.

The powerful $10 billion infrared James Webb Space Telescope will study a period less than 300 million years after the Big Bang, when many of the first stars and galaxies were born. Credit: NASA

The test shot is still rough around the edges and won't hold a candle to the quality of images coming soon. They said that this one would not hold up to the standard needed for scientific analysis.

Engineers used a red filter to show contrast in the data. The hexagonal mirror segments are the reason for the sharp six-pointed spikes. This causes the light to travel in a different way.

The stars have holes punched in their centers, which will not be seen in the upcoming photos, according to the team. Engineers said the holes are there because of the exposure.

According to NASA, dithering is when the telescope moves slightly between exposures. The pointing of the telescope didn't change over the exposures to capture the center from different parts of the camera's detectors.

There will be a broadcasted event starting at 10:30 a.m. On July 12th, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. There is live coverage on NASA TV.