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NASA’s Webb Produces the Most Detailed Image of the Early Universe to Date

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July 11, 2022 6:21PM (EDT)Release ID: 2022-038
Image showing thousands of distant galaxies of different shapes, sizes, colors, and brightness, with a scattering of bright foreground stars

Summary

Infrared light shows the deepest, sharpest view of distant galaxies ever obtained

President Biden unveiled the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, during a White House event on Monday, July 11. NASA and its partners will release a series of Webb's first full-color images and data, known as spectra, Tuesday, July 12th during a live NASA TV broadcast.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe is approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground. This deep field, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a composite ...

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