Hubble VS James Webb: The Difference in Detail is Astounding

Webb's first image was revealed earlier today at a news briefing with NASA and US President Joe Biden.

The image represents SMACS 0723, a galaxy field located 4.6 billion light-years away.

However, due to gravitational lensing, which causes the distortion observed in the image, Webb is able to gaze considerably farther away.

This is not the first time astronomers have captured images of this region of the sky. Hubble also captured SMACS 0723, as shown in this image.

Whatevery1sThinking on Reddit uploaded a gif that overlays the two photos to show how much better James Webb's imaging capabilities are.

Webb's image contains far more information and resolution than Hubble's, resulting in the deepest and clearest infrared image of the distant cosmos yet obtained.

This is one of five photos that will be released this week. It and the other targets (the identities of which were disclosed last week) will be announced during a live NASA webcast on Tuesday, July 12 at 10:30 a.m. EDT.

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[estebanwedontneednostinkin]

Because NASA screwed up the spherical lens on the Hubble and had to put glasses on it that’s why.

[johnmonsalve]

can anyone out there explain the star burst rays that appear? if it is radiated light, shouldnt that be a circular effect? its not glare on the equipment is it?

[deecsaunders]

It’s not that much of an improvement. You could just boost the contrast and brightness in photoshop and get pretty close to that result. A little disappointing if I’m honest.

[I_Unintentionally_Morph]

I am confused, is this image new or old, why I keep seeing 4 billion light year's

[hamberq]

To call this astounding I would expect to see something more. I really hope that scientists will see what I'm missing because I don't see that much difference

[fracturedgamer]

It's 2022, use a text to voice program. I don't go to the library to watch a book, so why do you think I would want to come to Youtube to read a video!