Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA
Credit: NASA/ ESA/CSA - The international NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe so far. U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb's First Deep Field , during a White House event on Monday 11 July. The image - which focuses on a spot in the sky that, from the perspective of someone on the ground, is about the size of what would be covered by a grain of sand held at arm's length - reveals thousands of galaxies, including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared. "Webb's First Deep Field is not only the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope, it's the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe, so far. This image covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length. It's just a tiny sliver of the vast universe," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "This mission was made possible by human ingenuity - the incredible NASA Webb team and our international partners at the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency.
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