- The James Webb Space Telescope is in its second year of operations.
- NASA’s space telescope marvel has allowed us to see and understand the universe in a whole new way.
- These are some of the most remarkable images it took this year, and what they mean to science.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is nothing short of a technological marvel. Able to see objects 100 times fainter than Hubble, it’s the most powerful space telescope ever built.
Webb observes the cosmos in wavelengths of light that humans can’t see, detecting never-before-seen objects that are helping astronomers view our universe in a whole new way.
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Now, well into its second year of operations, Webb has given us spectacular images of the universe that are both breathtaking to gaze upon but also packed with scientific information about star formation, baby black holes, galaxy evolution, and much more.
In the process, Webb has led to groundbreaking discoveries and also created several new questions for astronomers to ponder. Here are some of the space telescope’s most impressive images this year, and the discoveries and mysteries that came from them.