The unexpected science you missed from James Webb's first drawing
On July 11 and 12, 2022, humanity steps into the future. This near-perfect composite of images shows a field view in the first JWST of the SMACS 0723 cluster core and compares it to the older Hubble view. Looking at image details that are not in the Hubble data but are in the JWST data show us how much potential discovery awaits JWST scientists. (Sources: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; NASA/ESA/Hubble (STScI); composite by E. Siegel) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has released its first scientific image, revealing the Universe in unprecedented light. This enhanced view of JWST’s first deep-field image of the cosmos better exposes the brightest galaxies and cluster centers to bring out the details found in the fainter, redder, and more distant galaxies. This first in-field view took only half a day to get with JWST. With 20+ years of data to come, we can only imagine what will unfold. (Sources: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; Processed by E. Siegel) The first image is an inner-field vi