Eagerly anticipated by scientists and non-scientists alike, President Joe Biden released the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday, revealing what NASA called a 'glimpse' into 13.5 billion years of cosmic history.
President Joe Biden on Monday released the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope, eagerly anticipated by scientists and space enthusiasts alike. It revealed what NASA called a"glimpse" into 13.5 billion years of cosmic history.
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. Photo Credit: Biden could barely contain his enthusiasm Monday as he introduced the image."That blows my mind -- a million miles into the cosmos," Biden said. "It's astounding to me.
First conceived in 1996 as a successor to the vaunted Hubble Space Telescope, the infrared telescope was designed to shed light on the formation of our solar system, capturing information about the earliest galaxies that formed 100 million years after the Big Bang.Until Tuesday afternoon, the image had been glimpsed only by a handful of agency administrators.
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