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Will we find a new planet? Your burning question about this new image of our cosmos from the NASA space telescope

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NASA has released more images of the galaxy thousands of light years away, captured by their James Webb Space Telescope. And that raises a lot of questions: Will we discover new planets? What would you see from inside one of these galaxies? How big are these pictures really? In an effort to unravel the latest discoveries in our cosmos, we ask you to ask the experts your burning questions. Here’s a bit of what we learned (you can follow the full Q&A here): These galaxies don’t look like this anymore… and may not even exist The first images were released from the James Webb Space Telescope. ( Provided: NASA ) “If the images are billions of years old, can you presume that some of the ‘bodies’ we see don’t exist today? They may look like lots of stars but they are images of the past, if you know what I mean. What’s really there now.” – Nigel Astrophysicist Robin Cook from the University of Western Australia said “absolutely”. “As astronomers, we actually act as great historians – t

The most detailed snapshot ever taken of our cosmos is coming soon. This is to be expected

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Get ready to travel back into the universe earlier this week as scientists prepare to reveal the most detailed snapshot ever taken of our cosmos. One of the first full-color images released from the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) promises to catapult us further into the past than we’ve ever seen before. Load “We will give humanity a new view of the cosmos,” said NASA administrator Bill Nelson. The image, which will reveal some of the earliest galaxies and stars that formed after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, is one of four to be released at 12:30 a.m. (AEST) on Wednesday. “What I’ve seen has moved me as a scientist, as an engineer, as a human being,” said NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy. Along with the deepest views of the universe, other images the team promised to blow our heads include: The spectacular dust cloud known as the Carina Nebula, the birthplace of stars A group of colliding galaxies called Stephan’s Quintet A large gas bubble known as the Southern Ring