Its new images of Jupiter, for instance, were captured in infrared light by JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), which is why this massive gas giant appears more eerily spectral than previous optical images that burst with color. NASA releases 1st full-color images from James Webb Space Telescope The telescope was launched in December 2021 and sent back the first full-color images from its orbit 1 million miles from Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope has been in action since July 2022. President Joe Biden unveiled this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. With 100 times the observational power of the Hubble Space Telescope, the new observatory can peer into the distant universe, but it is also changing our view of vistas much closer to home. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. JWST, which was launched in December, is a collaborative project between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. On Tuesday (July 12), NASA released some of the James Webb Space Telescope 's first stunning images and data from during a live event. “It’s really remarkable that we can see details on Jupiter together with its rings, tiny satellites, and even galaxies in one image.”

“We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest,” said Imke de Pater, professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley who co-led JWST’s Jupiter observations, in the statement. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. NASA is releasing four high-resolution color images from its James Webb Space Telescope.

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