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How far can the James Webb telescope see? This video puts it into perspective

Thanks to its infrared vision, James Webb Space Telescope can pierce through dust clouds and see further than any telescope has ever seen. As you may have read, it can take photos of the universe as it was over 13 billion years ago. But how far is that exactly? How far can Webb’s infrared camra see?

To help you put things into perspective, NASA has released a video that shows a fraction of Webb’s capabilities. It zooms all the way to the Cartwheel Galaxy, a gorgeous photo that the telescope recently took.

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The stunning latest James Webb image looks like a space merry-go-round

Remember when we were kids, we would look up into the sky and try to find shapes in the clouds? Well, I still sometimes do it at 33, and the latest James Webb telescope image reminded me of this fun activity.

JWST has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, sending back a mesmerizing, colorful image. I loved looking at it and it reminded me of a merry-go-round that was always near the train station in my hometown. Of course, this is just my imagination, but the image is even more epic than I can imagine. It’s not only beautiful, but it reveals new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole.

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James Webb telescope captures the most distant and oldest galaxy ever observed

James Webb Space Telescope has broken a new record. It has spotted the oldest and the most distant galaxy ever observed, daring back to the youth of our universe. Compared to the previous record held by Hubble, Webb’s photo beat it by nearly 100 million years. And what’s more – the telescope could observe even older and more distant galaxies in the future.

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Hubble captures images of unusual ‘fluffy’ galaxy

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This week the Hubble telescope has captured a galaxy that NASA has described as “an oddity“. The catchily named GAMA 526784 is an ultra-diffuse galaxy which according to NASA “appears as a tenuous patch of light”, or ‘a bit fluffy’ in layman’s terms.

The ‘fluffy’ galaxy is part of the Hydra constellation of stars and is around 4 billion light-years away from Earth. NASA writes that this type of galaxy has “a number of peculiarities”.

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NASA celebrates Hubble’s 32nd birthday with a stunning photo of five galaxies

It’s been 32 years since NASA launched Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. And just like every year, the anniversary is marked by a photo that Hubble captured on duty.

To celebrate Hubble’s 32nd birthday, NASA has shared yet another remarkable image. It shows an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies, called The Hickson Compact Group 40.

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Hubble’s latest photos show six “dead” galaxies formed shortly after the big bang

Hubble has taken some stunning images over its three-decades-long career. The latest ones are quite groundbreaking, showing six “dead” galaxies from the early universe. In other words, they’ve run out of the cold hydrogen gas needed for star formation, and the discovery has raised a bunch of questions.

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Hubble is back: Here are two new photos it took

On 13 June 2021, the Hubble Space Telescope’s payload computer unexpectedly came to a halt. After more than a month of hard work to bring it back, the team has succeeded and our “window to the universe” is back in business. It even took its first two photos since the repair, and NASA shared them with the world to celebrate Hubble’s great comeback.

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This gorgeous Hubble photo shows a galaxy 150 million light-years away from us

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Can you ever have enough of awe-inspiring photos taken by the Hubble telescope? I know, me neither. NASA recently published another incredible image captured by Hubble, and it shows a spiral galaxy far, far away. As far as 150 million light-years from the Earth!

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Happy 30th birthday, Hubble: NASA adds 30 breathtaking new photos to its Hubble collection

Despite five repair missions it has gone through, the Hubble telescope has made it to the age of 30. NASA already share the stunning photo it took on its birthday back in April, but the celebration isn’t over yet. To mark Hubble’s 30th anniversary, NASA has added 30 more breathtaking photos to the already impressive collection.

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Hubble just sent back this incredible image of the NGC 2775 galaxy, 67 million light years away

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The Hubble Space Telescope is an incredible thing. Launched 30 years ago, it flies around the earth travelling at around 17,000 miles per hour snapping pictures deep into space. How deep? Well, at least 67 million light-years – or 393,867,900,000,000,000,000 miles. Yup, that’s a whole lot of zeros. But that’s how far away the NGC 2275 galaxy is from Earth. And the Hubble just shot and sent back its portrait.

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