NASA’s Webb delivers 1st deepest infrared image of universe

Adeze Ojukwu

United States President, Joe Biden, Tuesday unveiled the first full-color image from National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) telescope.

In his remarks, President Biden described the ambitious $10 billion international project as a "a new window and a miraculous telescope."

He said: "Today is historic day. Six and a half months ago, a rocket launched from Earth carrying the world’s newest, most powerful deep-space telescope on a journey one million miles into the cosmos — first of all, that blows my mind: a million miles into the cosmos — along the way unfolding itself, deploying a mirror 21 feet wide, a sunshield the size of a tennis court, and 250,000 tiny shutters, each one smaller than a grain of sand.”

“Put together, it’s a new window into the history of our universe. We’re going to get a glimpse of the first light to shine through that window — light from other worlds, orbiting stars far beyond our own. It’s astounding to me when I read this and saw this."

“It will be a historic moment for science and technology, for astronomy and space exploration, for America and all of humanity. As an international collaboration, this telescope embodies how America leads the world not by the example of our power, but the power of our example."

“These images are going to remind the world that America can do big things. They’ll remind the American people, especially our children, that there’s nothing beyond our capacity — nothing beyond our capacity. We can see possibilities no one has ever seen before. Let’s take a look at the very first image from this miraculous telescope."

In a statement, the agency said the first full-color images from this telescope provide "the deepest look into the universe and how the first galaxies formed."

The James Webb Space Telescope(JWST), an international collaboration among NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), was launched last December.

By the time it was launched, the telescope "cost a whopping $10 billion, which is a massive escalation from its originally-proposed $500 million budget."

It was designed to "rest in space at Lagrange Point 2, a spot directly behind Earth from the sun's perspective, where the instrument will make powerful observations of far-off celestial bodies. The telescope's infrared view will be able to penetrate interstellar dust."

In the main, "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."

"The first glimpse of how the James Webb Space Telescope will change the way people see the universe has arrived, offering many opportunities to understand planetary secrets."

"The image shows SMACS 0723, where a massive group of galaxy clusters act as a magnifying glass for the objects behind them. Called gravitational lensing, this created Webb's first deep field view of incredibly old and distant, faint galaxies."

It produces "the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with details."

Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.

This deep field, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a composite made from images at different wavelengths, totaling 12.5 hours – achieving depths at infrared wavelengths beyond the Hubble Space Telescope’s deepest fields, which took weeks.

The image shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago. The combined mass of this galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, magnifying much more distant galaxies behind it. Webb’s NIRCam has brought those distant galaxies into sharp focus – they have tiny, faint structures that have never been seen before, including star clusters and diffuse features.

"Researchers will soon begin to learn more about the galaxies’ masses, ages, histories, and compositions, as Webb seeks the earliest galaxies in the universe."

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