NASA publishes the "deepest picture of the universe ever"... and announces the start of the countdown to the "big reveal"
A few days before the publication of the first high-resolution color images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the US space agency (NASA) revealed a striking experimental image that testifies to the depth of the universe.
The image, resulting from 72 exposures over a 32-hour period, was captured by the telescope's precision-guidance detector, the tool that allows the state-of-the-art spacecraft to target and focus on objects of interest.
"This is one of the deepest images of the universe ever," the US space agency said in a statement.
The image, according to NASA, offers an "amazing glimpse" of what the scientific community and thousands of enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting: the first high-resolution color image taken by the James Webb Telescope and due for release on July 12.
And NASA President Bill Nelson revealed during a press conference at the end of last month at the Space Telescope Science Institute, the operational center for this critical tool in the field of space engineering, which costs 10 billion dollars, that the telescope is exploring locations “far from any point that humanity was able to look at from Before".
The James Webb Telescope was launched in December and is now located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
James Webb has the ability to look at points in the universe farther than any previous telescope thanks to his huge main mirror and instruments that receive infrared signals, allowing him to peer through clouds of dust.
It is expected that "James Webb", in particular, will allow observing the first galaxies that were formed only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, and the exoplanets.
The US space agency said in a tweet that the countdown has begun for the "big reveal" of the first high-resolution color image taken by the James Webb Telescope and scheduled for publication on July 12.
Spectroscopy is a tool for knowing the chemical and molecular composition of distant objects. In the case of a planet, this can help determine its atmosphere, monitor the presence of water, or analyze its soil.
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