James Webb updates: NASA reveals 5 stunning, new images from telescope
They are the highest resolution images of the distant universe ever taken.
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.
Latest updates:
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.
It comes ahead of a set of images NASA will release during a broadcast Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. EST.
New telescope shows image of dying star
A new image released by NASA from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a planetary nebula, known as the Southern Ring Nebula, as it is dying.
The image shows a star expelling gas and dust as it dims with the ionized gas seen in "unprecedented detail."
According to NASA, the star at the center of the image has been sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions and the telescope revealed it is "cloaked" in dust.