This week will see the release of the first science images from the james wbb space telescope The telescope, a project from NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, was launched in December last year and since then has arrived at its position around the sun. The first images from the telescope will be released by NASA on July 12.
An enormous star exploded in 1843 in the cloud of dust and gas known as the Carina Nebula. The nebula is well known for its beauty as well as for being home to the most brilliant star in the universe. It is large and is visible in the southern hemisphere.
WASP-96b is a giant planet. It is less than half the mass of Jupiter and it only takes 3.4 days for it to reach its star. A spectrum can be used to tell what an object is made of. It is likely to include data about the exoplanet's atmosphere.
The Southern Ring Nebula is made up of gas around a star that is about to die.
The fourth and fifth objects are on a larger scale, including Stephan's Quintet, which has four of its five galaxies in very close proximity, and a deep field image called SMACS-0723, which gives a deep view of the universe.
These images are just a small sample of the work that James Webb will do in its first year, and show the variety of objects that it can study. The images are expected to be released at 10:30 a.m. 7 a.m. You can see the release on NASA TV.
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