NASA released “the deepest, sharpest infrared” photograph of the universe in history late on Monday afternoon which was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest space telescope ever built.
The image from the James Webb Space Telescope, which is much more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, shows thousands of galaxies appearing in various colors against the black background of space. The image was dubbed by NASA as “Webb’s First Deep Field”
“Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them,” NASA said.
“A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center.”
The image, a composite image comprised of different images that were captured at different wavelengths, was taken by the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The images represent more than 12 hours of recording.
This is an excerpt from The Daily Wire.
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