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By Beth Stibal |

Webb’s first images of deep space revealed by NASA

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This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope is designed to peer back so far that scientists can get a glimpse of the dawn of the universe about 13.7 billion years ago and zoom in on closer cosmic objects, even our own solar system, with sharper focus. (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI via AP)

The first-full color images from the James Webb Space Telescope have been released by  NASA after 25 years of hard work.

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Webb Telescope image 7/12/22

The photos from the $10 billion telescope is the deepest, highest resolution view ever captured of the universe.

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Webb Telescope image of five galaxies.

It shows what the cosmos looked like 13 billion years ago.  The Webb telescope has enough fuel on board for 20 years of research.

NASA Space Telescope
This 2015 artist’s rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope. On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, NASA announced that the next-generation telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021 and the its lifetime cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion. (Northrop Grumman/NASA via AP)

The rest of Webb’s images are available online at webb.nasa.gov