.NASA has begun releasing the long-awaited new images from the NASAWebb telescope, including 'Stephan's Quintet' galaxies. Here are the latest updates on this extraordinary new look at our universe:
Webb's ability to see through cosmic dust has revealed previously invisible areas of star birth within the nebula, which could provide new insight on the formation of stars. The earliest stages of star formation are harder to capture -- but something Webb's sensitivity can chronicle.
The targets were selected by an international committee, including members from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.The mission, originally expected to last for 10 years, has enough excess fuel capability to operate for 20 years, according to NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.
"We don't know what we don't know yet," said Amber Straughn, Webb deputy project scientist for communications at NASA Goddard."I think it's true that every time we launch a revolutionary instrument into space, like with Hubble, we learn things that completely surprise us but do cause us to sort of change our fundamental understanding of how the universe works."
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