The first full-color image of space taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA's next-generation space telescope, was released on the 11th (local time).
The space photos released on this day are some of the five space objects that NASA took with the James Webb Space Telescope and will be shown to the public on the 12th.
This image is a high-resolution, high-resolution image of the deepest part of the universe with the Webb telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever developed by mankind.
The Webb Telescope was launched into space in December last year and landed at the 'Second Lagrange Point' (L2), about 1.6 million km from Earth, where the gravity of the Earth and the Sun is in balance. It has been released by taking pictures of stars and selfies, but this time, as the first practical result, a full-color space image was released.
The published photo is an image of the SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster.
It is a celestial body of interest due to the so-called 'gravity lensing' phenomenon, which causes the light of celestial bodies behind clusters to magnify and bend.
When the Web Telescope took and sent pictures of the mysterious abyss of the universe that had never been seen before, the scientific community is filled with expectations that it will provide a clue to solving the mysteries surrounding the universe, such as the origin of the universe and the existence of life on exoplanets.
President Biden said, "Today is a historic day," and said, "It will be a historic moment in science and technology and in space exploration for all of humanity."
The event was attended by Vice President Kamala Harris, chairman of the National Space Commission, and NASA Director Bill Nelson.
NASA will release detailed photos of five locations in the universe, from galaxies to exoplanets, that the Webb telescope has been processing for about a month on the 12th local time.
(Photo = NASA website capture)