Space’s ‘wow factor’: How NASA images offer look into the past and ‘capture the imagination’

NASA saved the showstopper for last.

unveiled a series of full color images from the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday

But it was the final image — that of a starry curtain of gas and dust known as a nebula — that stole the highly choreographed show, eliciting the audible gasps and fawning tweet-storms NASA surely hopes will propel its $10 billion experiment into the firmament of popular imagination for years to come.Dubbed the “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula, the fifth and final image showed new stars nestled in colossal clouds of amber dust as intricately textured as any mountain vista at Big Bend.

Industry observers said Tuesday’s reveal, which blanketed social media, was a bid for NASA’s continued relevance.

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