Webb Space Telescope renders Pillars of Creation with new depth, clarity

Webb Space Telescope renders Pillars of Creation with new depth, clarity

One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has been rendered anew with greater depth, clarity and color by the James Webb Space Telescope. The new view of the pillars, first made famous when captured in 1995 by Webb’s predecessor […]

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James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning new images of Jupiter

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning new images of Jupiter

The images of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, have always been the same. A yellowish-orange sphere is how most of us remember the gas giant from our school textbooks and encyclopedias. However, the new images of Jupiter captured by NASA’s newest James Webb telescope show the planet in a very different avatar. […]

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NASA to release first colour images from James Webb Space Telescope on July 12

NASA to release first colour images from James Webb Space Telescope on July 12

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will release the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-colour images and spectroscopic data in a televised broadcast from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The broadcast will begin at 10.30 AM EDT on July 12 (8 PM IST). How to view the […]

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