A James Webb Telescope scientist explains what it's like to create the most beautiful space images of our time

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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
The James Webb is often called the worlds most powerful space telescope.

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NASA's James Webb telescope spotted a strange 13 billion-year-old galaxy that shouldn't exist

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A picture shows several early galaxies. One is highlighted with an arrow
An arrow points to JWST-7329, a rare massive galaxy that is thought to be 13 billion years old.

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A bizarre galaxy NASA spotted at the edge of the universe could upend what we know about supermassive black holes

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A picture from JWST shows the location of a distant galaxy called UHT-1 and its black hole.
A picture taken by JWST and Chandra X-ray observatory shows the location of a UHZ-1 and its black hole near the beginning of the universe.

NASA/CXC/SAO/Ákos Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & K. Arcand

NASA's James Webb gave a stunning look at the death throes of a star, capturing details Hubble missed

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A picture shows a cloud of cosmic gas with orange blue and green highlights, showing structure.
JWST captured a new picture of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The picture was taken in near-infrared and processed to show the invisible light in visible color.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Danny Milisavljevic (Purdue University), Ilse De Looze (UGent), Tea Temim (Princeton University)

Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed

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A composite showing the winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.
A composite showing the winding arms of the spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.

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NASA's James Webb telescope captured the spectacular death throes of a star 2,600 light year away

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A picture shows the Ring Nebula, a yellow ethereal circle surrounded by a granular purple ovoid shape, in unprecedented detail.
An image of the Ring Nebula recently taken by the James Webb Space Telescope is shown here. The structure shows the matter ejected by the super-hot dying star (purple) and a cloud of gas at its center (yellow).

NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST Ring Nebula Team photo; image processing by Roger Wesson

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