James Webb updates: NASA reveals 5 stunning, new images from telescope

They are the highest resolution images of the distant universe ever taken.

ByMary Kekatos
Video byNicolas Rothenberg
Last Updated: July 12, 2022, 3:19 PM EDT

The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been released.

The images, the full set of which will be released Tuesday morning, will be the deepest and highest resolution ever taken of the universe, according to NASA.

The telescope will help scientists study the formation of the universe’s earliest galaxies, how they compare to today’s galaxies, how our solar system developed and if there is life on other planets.

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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Jul 11, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT

Biden to release first-full color image from James Webb telescope

President Joe Biden will unveil Monday the first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

The preview event, to be held at the White House at 5 p.m. EST, will be the highest-resolution and the deepest image ever taken of the universe, according to the space agency.

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon his departure for Cleveland, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, July 6, 2022.
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It comes ahead of a set of images NASA will release during a broadcast Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. EST.