James Webb Space Telescope: 9 extraordinary James Webb Telescope images released by Nasa
Nasa has released mind-blowing images from its James Webb Space Telescope which gaze back into the dawn of the universe. Described as the “deepest” and most detailed images of space ever seen by humanity, the photos show galaxy clusters, nebulas, and stars from billions of years ago.
Here are the images released so far by Nasa, and what they show.
5. The birth of stars
This image shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. It reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Photo: NASA
6. Bright star
This image shows the bright star at the centre of the nebula NGC 3132. A second star, barely visible at lower left along one of the bright stars' diffraction spikes, is the nebula's source. It has ejected at least eight layers of gas and dust over thousands of years. Photo: NASA
7. Stephans Quintet
Another look at Stephan's Quintet captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. This image shows in rare detail how interacting galaxies trigger star formation in each other and how gas in galaxies is being disturbed. It also shows outflows driven by a black hole in Stephan’s Quintet in a level of detail never seen before. Photo: NASA
8. Piccadilly Square
Nasa broadcasts the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the world's most advanced space telescope, on the Piccadilly Lights screen in London. Photo: James Manning