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