The long-awaited full-colored, “deep field” images and data of distant galaxies will be captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
slide show like no other.
These images will show the farthest humanity has ever peered outward into the stretches of the universe. And on Tuesday, one by one at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, four galactic shots from the telescope’s initial outward gazes were set to mesmerize even the veteran scientists at JPL who contributed to the mission that would bring those images back to Earth.
The telescope was rocketed to space last December from French Guiana in South America. It reached its lookout point 1 million miles from Earth in January. Then the lengthy process began to align the mirrors, get the infrared detectors cold enough to operate and calibrate the science instruments, all protected by a sunshade the size of a tennis court that keeps the telescope cool.
Biden marveled at the image that he said showed “the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from over 13 billion — let me say that again — 13 billion years ago. It’s hard to fathom. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the chair of the National Space Council, lauded Webb as “one of humanity’s great engineering achievements” at the event, saying, “It will enhance what we know about the origins of our universe, our solar system and, possibly, life itself.”
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