Webb telescope sends out ‘first light’

by time news
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun sending its images, nearly six months after its launch, according to the American “Fox News” network.

But the images, which show the distant regions of the universe, will not be available to the public before July 12, the date chosen by NASA to reveal them.

NASA will broadcast the captured images through its official YouTube channel.

The scant information on the images, provided by “Fox News”, was drawn from astronomers.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Milroy said the “first light” images taken by the telescope “impacted me as a scientist, as an engineer, and as a human being.”

The term “first light” generally refers to the first time that a telescope has been used for scientific observations after undergoing tests.

Thomas Zurbuchen, head of science programs at NASA, said during a press conference, Wednesday, that he almost cried when he saw the pictures.

“It’s an emotional moment when you see the universe suddenly release some of its secrets,” he added.

The European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 rocket launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space on Christmas Day 2021.

In the months that followed, the world’s most powerful telescope opened its solar shield and traveled nearly a million miles from Earth.

It took web designers nearly two decades to design, build and then test it before launching.

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