Enlarge image (new window) An enormous mosaic of Stephan’s Quintet is the largest image to date from the James Webb Space Telescope, covering about one-fifth of the moon’s diameter. Photo: NASA, ASE, ASC et STScIWASP-96bThe James Webb Space Telescope captured this light curve of the brightness of WASP-96 b’s parent star over time. On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled the first image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Space Telescope Science InstituteThe world's biggest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away last December from French Guiana in South America. Webb is considered the successor to the highly successful, but aging Hubble Space Telescope.

Source: CBC News July 12, 2022 23:22 UTC