Two interacting galaxies, dubbed the Penguin and the Egg, are seen in more clarity and detail than ever, after NASA released a new image (right) from the James Webb Space Telescope. An older image from the Hubble Space Telescope is seen at left. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI hide caption
This image shows a 'close-up' of the galaxy GN-z11 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, superimposed on top of another image marking the galaxy's location in the sky. NASA hide caption
An artistic depiction of the planet WASP-107b. Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest this hot gas giant has clouds made of sand. Klaas Verpoest, Johan Van Looveren, Leen Decin hide caption
Since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope has sent back detailed images and spectra of galaxies from when the universe was just 900 million years old. NASA, ESA, CSA, Simon Lilly (ETH Zurich), Daichi Kashino (Nagoya University), Jorryt Matthee (ETH Zurich), Christina Eilers (MIT), Rongmon Bordoloi (NCSU), Ruari Mackenzie (ETH Zurich) hide caption
The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of a newborn star that reveals what Earth's sun may have looked like when it was only a few tens of thousands of years old. ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) hide caption
Scientists say the question-mark-shaped structure seen in a new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is likely the merger of two or more galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, J. DePasquale hide caption
The famous Ring Nebula is seen in brilliant new clarity, thanks to a new James Webb Space Telescope image released by researchers in the JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project. NASA/ESA/CSA hide caption
This artist's impression shows a hazy sub-Neptune-sized planet recently observed with the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) hide caption
These images provided by NASA and the European Space Agency show six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang. NASA via AP hide caption
Clouds of material funnel into a growing protostar, photographed in near-infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope Observatory. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI hide caption
This image of the Southern Ring Nebula was one of the first James Webb Space Telescope images released to the public last year. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI hide caption
James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25, 2021. Its first images - like this one of the Carina Nebula - stunned researchers. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI hide caption
This illustration shows the James Webb Space Telescope as it might appear as it orbits the sun, about a million miles away from Earth. NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez hide caption
The small red dot highlighted inside the white box on this James Webb Space Telescope image is an early galaxy, seen as it looked just 350 million years after the Big Bang. STScI/NASA hide caption
The Pillars of Creation as captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope look like arches and spires and are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust. This is a region where young stars are forming. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) hide caption
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured out-of-this-world photos of Neptune and its rings. NASA hide caption
A new image of Jupiter taken from NASA's Webb Telescope and released on Monday is shown. NASA/NASA hide caption
Captured in infrared light by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI hide caption
Some of the expanse captured by the James Webb telescope. NASA/Getty Images hide caption
In this handout photo provided by NASA, the first image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to be previewed by U.S. President Joe Biden. Handout/Getty Images hide caption
Then-NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Gregory Robinson stands with other officials to watch a spacecraft launch at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in September 2016. NASA via Getty Images hide caption
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the farthest star ever seen. The magnified galaxy looks like a stretched out red line with three dots. The single star is the middle one. NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI) hide caption
Because space shuttle missions went up to repair and refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope, it has a relatively large carbon footprint compared to other telescopes. NASA hide caption