James Webb Space Telescope

First Images Released on July 12, 2022

Stephan’s Quintet

With its powerful, infrared vision and extremely high spatial resolution, the James Webb Space Telescope shows never-before-seen details.

Sparkling clusters of millions of young stars and starburst regions of fresh star birth grace the image. Sweeping tails of gas, dust and stars are being pulled from several of the galaxies due to gravitational interactions.

Webb’s First Deep Field

Thousands of galaxies appear in this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

High-resolution imaging combined with gravitational lensing allowed the James Webb Space Telescope to take this detailed image galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

Carina Nebula

The nearby star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula.

The “Cosmic Cliffs” is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away.