NASA just kicked off the “dawn of a new era in astronomy” this week releasing the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from its new James Webb Space Telescope.
It’s the “largest and most powerful space telescope” the world has ever seen, the space agency stated.
Dazzling shots display previously unseen reaches of space, near and far, and “tell the story of the hidden universe” — from neighboring exoplanets just beyond our solar system to the most distant galaxies observable in the early universe. They demonstrate, said NASA, “Webb at its full power, ready to begin its mission to unfold the infrared universe.”…