Here’s the first, high-resolution image of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope

President Joe Biden released the first image from the space telescope. It's the highest-resolution picture of the universe that's been captured. You can save the image to your computer.

The European and Canadian Space Agencies collaborated to build and launch the $10 billion, tennis court sized spacecraft. The new telescope is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. It is ready to do some science after six months of hard work.

The primary mirror of the JWST is 21.3 feet wide and is made up of 18 hexagonal segments. The mirror is three times larger than Hubble's and allows for more information about the universe.

The Earth and Hubble are a million miles apart. There is a place where the gravity of the Earth and the Moon are balanced. The International Space Station is almost 300 miles away from Hubble.

What the James Webb Space Telescope will see

The mission has four different instruments, the most important of which is the near-IR camera, which will allow it to collect imagery from a significant chunk of the spectrum, and analyze the chemical composition of objects it spies. According to NASA, the heat of a bumblebee could be detected as far away as the moon.

The new telescope is expected to increase the knowledge of astronomy. Some of the capabilities of the telescope will be previewed tomorrow by NASA. It will include analyzing the atmospheres of distant Earth-like planets and using a telescope to peer through dust and gasses that obscure stars and planets. The telescope is able to see so far into space that it can spot light from the first galaxies.

That is what it will be. Hubble revealed unexpected features of the universe and advanced our understanding of physics in surprising ways, despite scientists' theories that the universe is expanding A research agenda for NASA's next big instrument for poring over the cosmos could be generated by the results of JWST.

The new spaceship is a tribute to humanity's constant curiosity about the universe and what it contains. The project is 10 years late and costs more than anticipated. Thanks to a leadership re-shuffle, it only made it off the ground. Activists say the telescope should be renamed because it may have been aware of gay discrimination during the Apollo era.