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Analysis: astronomers are hoping future images will show ‘cosmic dawn’, the forming of the first galaxies 13.5bn years ago

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Large telescopes like the JWST and the Hubble Space Telescope take on lives and personalities of their own.

NASA on Tuesday drew back the curtain on billions of years of cosmic evolution with the inaugural batch of photos from the largest, most powerful observatory ever launched to space, saying the luminous imagery showed the telescope exceeds expectations.

Nasa has released an image of the early universe as it was 13 billion years ago – taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful observatory to be placed in orbit.

The first image from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled Monday is brimming with galaxies and offers the deepest look of the cosmos ever captured. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the…

The release of the image today will be followed up with a further four galactic beauty images taken from the telescope’s initial outward gazes.

Academics have long petitioned Nasa to rename the space telescope, given historical accusations linking Webb to anti-LGBT policies

NASA officials have unveiled the first official images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful orbital observatory ever launched.