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An artist's rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Northrop Grumman / Nasa / AP
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The galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Nasa / AP
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An interplanetary dust cloud. Photo: European Space Agency
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The Hubble captured chaotic activity at the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by light from bright stars nearby. Photo: Nasa
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The Southern Ring Nebula is nearly half-a-light-year in diameter and 2,000 light years from Earth. Photo: AFP / Nasa / The Hubble Heritage Team
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A cluster of young stars surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust in nebula NGC 3603 in the Carina constellation. Reuters
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A Fine Guidance Sensor test image acquired in parallel with NIRCam imaging of the star HD147980. AFP
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Rare image of three galaxies in one photo frame. Photo: Hubble Space Telescope / European Space Agency
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A composite image of M51 with X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope contains a box that marks the location of a possible planet. Photo: Nasa
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The main mirror assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at a Northrop Grumman complex in Redondo Beach, California. Photo: Nasa / AP
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An artist's rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Northrop Grumman / Nasa / AP
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The galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Nasa / AP
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An interplanetary dust cloud. Photo: European Space Agency
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The Hubble captured chaotic activity at the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by light from bright stars nearby. Photo: Nasa
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The Southern Ring Nebula is nearly half-a-light-year in diameter and 2,000 light years from Earth. Photo: AFP / Nasa / The Hubble Heritage Team
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A cluster of young stars surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust in nebula NGC 3603 in the Carina constellation. Reuters
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A Fine Guidance Sensor test image acquired in parallel with NIRCam imaging of the star HD147980. AFP
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Rare image of three galaxies in one photo frame. Photo: Hubble Space Telescope / European Space Agency
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A composite image of M51 with X-rays from Chandra and optical light from Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope contains a box that marks the location of a possible planet. Photo: Nasa
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The main mirror assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at a Northrop Grumman complex in Redondo Beach, California. Photo: Nasa / AP
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An artist's rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: Northrop Grumman / Nasa / AP
James Webb: new images from Nasa telescope show star birth and galaxy clusters in detail
Stunning images will help scientists answer questions that have yet to be asked
Kyle Fitzgerald
12 July, 2022
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