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The Best James Webb Space Telescope Images

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At last, we have it - the first published images from the James Webb Space Telescope! At a special press conference on July 11, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope: the SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster 4.6 billion light-years away.

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If you are looking for the best Webb images, here are the ones:

SMACS 0723 Galaxy Cluster

SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
SMACS 0723. The photo perfectly shows gravitational lensing, which amplifies and stretches the light from distant galaxies, twisting it like a glass lens. Interesting fact: the slice of sky shown in the photo is as small as a millimeter on a ruler held one and a half meters from the eye. Image credit: James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced 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 detail. 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.

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Carina Nebula

Carina nebula is one of the best Webb Telescope Images.
The "cosmic cliffs" as seen by the JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

Southern Ring Nebula

Southern Ring Nebula as seen by the JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

Stephan's Quintet

Stephan's Quintet, as seen by the JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

Jupiter

Jupiter as seen by the JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

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