Around six months After the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers began receiving images from powerful telescopes showing distant regions of the universe.
NASA won’t share some of these images publicly until July 12, but astronomers have given us a glimpse of what to expect.
Nasa Deputy Administrator Pam Milroy said the “First Light” images “moved me as a scientist, as an engineer, and as a person.” The term “first light” generally refers to the first time a telescope is used for scientific observations after it has been tested and calibrated.
It will happen, Thomas Zurbuchen, head of the science program at NASA, said at a press conference on Wednesday go cry Taking pictures.
“It’s really hard not to see the universe from a new perspective and not just a very personal moment,” he said. “It is an emotional moment when you see nature suddenly releasing some of its secrets. And I want you to imagine it and look forward to it.”
The European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 rocket launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space on Christmas Day 2021. In the months that followed, the telescope — considered the most powerful telescope in the world — opened its sun visor and traveled nearly a million miles from Earth.
As the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, Webb took nearly two decades to design, build, and test before launching.
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