The new era of seeing deeper into the universe began.
The first science-quality image was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope at the White House on Monday. The image was created using just 12.5 hours of observing time on one of the telescope's four instruments.
Harris said that today is an exciting new chapter in the exploration of our universe. Thanks to dedicated people who have been working for decades in engineering and on scientific marvels, we can look to the sky with new understanding.
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The image represents international cooperation and the power of science, according to Biden. He said that the telescope embodied how America leads the world, not by the example of our power, but the power of our example.
The rest of the first JWST images will be released by NASA at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11th. You can watch it here at Space.com.
Space fans can look forward to seeing some of the stars in these images. The agency announced on Friday that tomorrow's event would offer views of the Carina and Southern Ring nebulas. Observations of an exoplanet called WASP-96 b are on the agenda. Scientists will be able to see the chemical composition of the planet by sharing a spectrum of light.
Today's image shows SMACS-0723 The designation marks a giant that bends and magnifies light that comes from objects in space behind it. This is the deepest view of the universe that humans have seen to date, because of the combination of high-powered observing capabilities and the effect of gravity.
Nelson said that if you held a grain of sand on the tip of your finger, it was the part of the universe that you were seeing.
After nearly seven months of carefully orchestrated space operations, today's release marks the end of the mission. The telescope spent its first month in a position where it was 1 million miles away from Earth.
The observatory's sun shield was unfurled from a launch-friendly compact configuration. The golden mirror was unfolded and the positions of the hexagonal segments were adjusted.
The team behind JWST made sure that each of the 17 observing modes worked correctly by calibrating each of the four science instruments. Within hours of Biden's remarks, the final instrument's last mode was approved for science.
The images released today and tomorrow are the beginning of the career of the space observatory.
A special slate of early science will be completed by the telescope's first anniversary in space. The observations are designed to help scientists learn how to use the data the best.
The telescope will look into what scientists call its Cycle 1 observations for the rest of the year.
Although the observatory was designed to operate for five years, NASA officials say they expect to reach 20 years with the telescope thanks to a particularly accurate launch. The Hubble Space Telescope has been working for 32 years, despite the fact that astronauts were able to upgrade it through 2009.
The new image is deeper than Hubble's most ambitious deep fields because it is based on just 12.5 hours of observations.
Nelson thinks that the image is even more revolutionary than before.
He said that 100 years ago they thought there was only one universe. The number is no longer limited.
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