NASA, the US space agency, maintains a collection of current images of the universe, aided by the work of the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes.
Of the two, the newer is the James Webb, which is also one of the most innovative scientific instruments ever designed by humanity.
The images made available by the Web have made it possible to reveal countless data relevant to space scientific research, such as new galaxies, planets, stars and celestial bodies.
Meanwhile, Hubble was James's predecessor, opening in April 1990. Among his notorious discoveries of the past 30 years: the age of the universe, new exoplanets, and black holes unknown to humanity.
According to NASA's website, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists will be able to visualize what the universe was like about 200 million years after the Big Bang.
Image formation
The telescope takes pictures using infrared light, and after collecting the data and sending it to scientists, the data is processed and then transformed into beautiful images.
These infrared waves allow scientists to see the expansion of the universe through light, keeping in mind that the further back we look, the more infrared waves are penetrated by the light.
Due to the penetration of infrared radiation, regions of space can be seen filled with clouds of gas and dust, which block visible light, making it impossible to see them with ordinary lenses.
Using infrared telescopes, the radiation is captured and converted into a monochrome “image,” and then, using appropriate software, the file is converted into a color image.
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