Year-ender: Top 10 captures by James Webb Telescope
The year 2022 began on a high note, with the world anticipating the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opening a new window to our universe. The telescope stood on the expectation and started delivering a never-before-seen view of space. The pictures taken from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) along with revealing deep secrets of space are also a magnificent sight to behold.Here are top 10 images taken by Nasa's Webb Telescope that altered our perceptions and understanding of the Universe.
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Updated on Dec 24, 2022 06:44 pm IST 10 Photos
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Thousands of galaxies of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 flood the first deep field image of James Webb Space Telescope.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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The Webb telescope captured the Pillars of Creation, the region where young stars are forming - or have just burst from their dusty cocoons as they continue to form.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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Webb’s image of the Southern Ring Nebula traces the star’s scattered outflows that have reached farther into the cosmos.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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Images of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument. Left image using F212N, a 2.12-micron filter sensitive to Titan’s lower atmosphere. Right Colour composite image using a combination of NIRCam filters.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)
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