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How Webb telescope's 2023 space captures took us on time travel | Top 10 pics

Updated On Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

James Webb Space Telescope, as tall as a 3-story building and as long as a tennis court, is the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built.

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Complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog are pictured in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth, a new record for the most distant detection of these complicated molecules, in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on June 7, 2023. Due to how far light from this galaxy had to travel, 12 billion light-years away, we're seeing this galaxy as it was back when the universe was < 1.5 billion years old. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

Complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog are pictured in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth, a new record for the most distant detection of these complicated molecules, in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on June 7, 2023. Due to how far light from this galaxy had to travel, 12 billion light-years away, we're seeing this galaxy as it was back when the universe was < 1.5 billion years old. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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This image of Uranus, taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), offers a heightened clarity of the planet and its rings. The Webb's image impeccably reveals Uranus's seasonal north polar cap, showcasing both the luminous, white inner cap and the shadowy lane at the polar cap's base. Furthermore, the image captures Uranus's faint inner and outer rings, notably highlighting the elusive Zeta ring—an exceedingly subtle and diffuse ring situated closest to the planet.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

This image of Uranus, taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), offers a heightened clarity of the planet and its rings. The Webb's image impeccably reveals Uranus's seasonal north polar cap, showcasing both the luminous, white inner cap and the shadowy lane at the polar cap's base. Furthermore, the image captures Uranus's faint inner and outer rings, notably highlighting the elusive Zeta ring—an exceedingly subtle and diffuse ring situated closest to the planet.(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

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Columns of gray gas and dust emerge amid The Eagle Nebula, also called M16, and often referred to as the "Pillars of Creation" in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on May 23, 2023. Backed by dark orange mist, the cloudy gray columns are surrounded by dozens of soft, glowing, pink and purple dots; massive stars emitting enormous amounts of X-rays. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

Columns of gray gas and dust emerge amid The Eagle Nebula, also called M16, and often referred to as the "Pillars of Creation" in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on May 23, 2023. Backed by dark orange mist, the cloudy gray columns are surrounded by dozens of soft, glowing, pink and purple dots; massive stars emitting enormous amounts of X-rays. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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Intricate networks of gas and dust featured in the web-like spiral galaxy NGC 7496 are seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on February 16, 2023. Eight red diffraction spikes extend out from its extremely bright core. Colorful dots in the background represent background galaxies. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

Intricate networks of gas and dust featured in the web-like spiral galaxy NGC 7496 are seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on February 16, 2023. Eight red diffraction spikes extend out from its extremely bright core. Colorful dots in the background represent background galaxies. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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A newborn star only a few tens of thousands of years old, with supersonic jets of gas spewing from its poles, is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on September 14, 2023. This specific Herbig-Haro object is called Herbig-Haro (HH) 211. At roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, this specific star Herbig-Haro (HH) 211 is one of the youngest and nearest objects of its type. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

A newborn star only a few tens of thousands of years old, with supersonic jets of gas spewing from its poles, is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on September 14, 2023. This specific Herbig-Haro object is called Herbig-Haro (HH) 211. At roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, this specific star Herbig-Haro (HH) 211 is one of the youngest and nearest objects of its type. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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A look at Sun-like stars being born in this detailed close-up of Rho Ophiuchi, the closest-star-forming region to Earth in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on July 12, 2023. Dark, dense dust cocoons still-forming protostars, while an emerging stellar newborn (top center) shoots out two huge jets of molecular hydrogen. (NASA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

A look at Sun-like stars being born in this detailed close-up of Rho Ophiuchi, the closest-star-forming region to Earth in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on July 12, 2023. Dark, dense dust cocoons still-forming protostars, while an emerging stellar newborn (top center) shoots out two huge jets of molecular hydrogen. (NASA via REUTERS)

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A rarely seen prelude to a Supernova shows a super-bright, massive Wolf-Rayet star in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on March 14, 2023. The star, WR 124, is 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius and is 30 times the mass of our Sun. As the ejected gas moves away from the star and cools, cosmic dust forms and glows in the infrared light detectable by Webb. The Wolf-Rayet phase is a fleeting stage that only some stars go through soon before they explode. The origin of cosmic dust that can survive a supernova blast is of great interest to astronomers for multiple reasons. Dust shelters forming stars, gathers together to help form planets, and serves as a platform for molecules to form and clump together, including the building blocks of life on Earth. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

A rarely seen prelude to a Supernova shows a super-bright, massive Wolf-Rayet star in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on March 14, 2023. The star, WR 124, is 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius and is 30 times the mass of our Sun. As the ejected gas moves away from the star and cools, cosmic dust forms and glows in the infrared light detectable by Webb. The Wolf-Rayet phase is a fleeting stage that only some stars go through soon before they explode. The origin of cosmic dust that can survive a supernova blast is of great interest to astronomers for multiple reasons. Dust shelters forming stars, gathers together to help form planets, and serves as a platform for molecules to form and clump together, including the building blocks of life on Earth. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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A near-infrared image of the Ring Nebula revealing the complexity of its structure in unprecedented detail is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on August 21, 2023. Physical features within suggest there may be a companion star helping to sculpt the layers thrown off by the dying star. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

A near-infrared image of the Ring Nebula revealing the complexity of its structure in unprecedented detail is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on August 21, 2023. Physical features within suggest there may be a companion star helping to sculpt the layers thrown off by the dying star. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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The Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star 6,500 light-years away, is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on October 30, 2023. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

The Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star 6,500 light-years away, is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on October 30, 2023. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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The densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on December 8, 2023. The LMC lies about 157 000 light-years from Earth, and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 23, 2023 06:29 PM IST

The densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is seen in a composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by NASA on December 8, 2023. The LMC lies about 157 000 light-years from Earth, and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. (NASA/ESA via REUTERS)

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