Space Odyssey With James Webb: Craziest Images Clicked By The Revolutionary Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope has given us beautiful glimpses of space through images that are brimming with galaxies, planets, and alien worlds that formed right after the Big Bang.
With James Webb Space Telescope, scientists hope to better understand the earliest galaxies and stars that can help get humanity closer to the origins of life as we know it.
For now, the telescope brings us weekly treats of far-off galaxies and even planets in our solar system. Here are the most astonishing pics clicked by James Webb Space Telescope.
A spiral galaxy's bones
In September 2022, NASA release the image of a spiral galaxy situated 29 million light-years away from Earth that was clicked by James Webb in "unprecedented detail."
NASA claims that in this pic, one can see the galaxy's "bones" that are usually obscured by dust. The galaxy in question is called IC 5332 and stretches about 66,000 light-years wide.
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Jupiter's aurorae
The largest planet in our solar system was captured in details that we've never seen before.
In James Webb Space Telescope's images of Jupiter, aurorae are visible on the planet's poles. In addition, the Great Red Spot is also visible in its full glory in James Webb images.
Neptune's faint rings
Who knew we would be able to see Neptune's faint rings in detail someday? That day arrived in September, 2022 after James Webb showed off its mind-numbing capabilities by capturing Neptune's faint bands, along with a few of its moons.?
NASA has called this the clearest image of Neptune's rings in 30 years.
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An alien planet with sand-like clouds
James Webb spotted an exoplanet with sand-like clouds. Yep, this is not a joke. The brown dwarf in question is about 20 times bigger than Jupiter and scientists have found evidence of silicate-rich clouds around this planet.
This brown dwarf is called VHS 1256 b and orbits two small red dwarf stars 72 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Corvus.? ?
First direct image of an exoplanet
Any planet outside of our solar system is categorised as an exoplanet.?This exoplanet is situated 385 light-years away from Earth and is a gas giant about six to times the mass of Jupiter, as seen by James Webb Space Telescope.
The planet is called HIP 65426 b and is about 15 to 20 million years old; a relatively young age compared to Earth that is 4.5 billion-years-old.? ?
Largest image of the cosmos
James Webb's largest image of the cosmos was a result of?the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS) collaboration.?
It is a mosaic made from 690 individual frames taken through?James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam).
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The cartwheel galaxy
The world's largest space observatory, James Webb, recently clicked a picture of the Cartwheel Galaxy - situated about 500-million-light-years-away!??
Turns out, the Cartwheel galaxy was a spiral galaxy just like our own Milky Way until it rammed into a smaller galaxy about 440 million-years-ago. After this collision, the galaxy began to look more like a wheel - with a central bright ring of a star cluster.??
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The earliest galaxies in our universe
The first batch of images released by James Webb Space Telescope earlier this year showed was called the deepest infrared image of the universe to be ever taken. We wouldn't be surprised if James Webb breaks its own record in the near-future.?
This picture shows galaxies and stars of the ancient past. Since light takes time to travel to Earth, what we see in this image is actually the universe as it looked right about 4.6 billion years ago.??
What do you think about these amazing views of the universe offered by James Webb Space Telescope? Let us know in the comments below.?For more in the world of?technology?and?science, keep reading?Indiatimes.com.
