First image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows what the early Universe looked like | DW News

The first picture from NASA's James Webb Telescope has been made public — the first of a series of pictures that are the deepest images of the Universe ever made. The most powerful telescope ever to be built is set to tell us about the Universe's origins farther than ever before, from the formation of stars and planets, to the birth of the first galaxies in the early universe.

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[DwainDwight]

A monumental achievement by all involved. Simply incredible.

[braydeny]

Wow I'm so proud of humanity and science right now

[ABsnova]

It never ceases to amaze me how unfathomably massive our universe is. How little we even matter..When we die the universe will still be there for billions or trillions of years. It's truly terrifying when you really think about it.

[coraltown]

The risk and complexity of putting the telescope to where it is now, unfolding and calibrating it, were monumental achievements. And now we get to peek around the universe with unparalleled clarity.

[amadd]

Now that's what I call a special operation. Great job 👍

[shinankoku]

Nice to see some news that doesn’t involve oil, mayhem, or death.

[helderlouro]

Look what is out there, so much beauty and infinite potential...
And here we are, killing ourselves for this or that.

[AdvaiticOneness]

*I genuinely don't know how one could look at this picture and still think that a god - whose only mentioned actions took place in a small amount of area in the Middle East on our tiny planet - actually exists.*

[PPpaladin]

Space is big, and space is beautiful
she'll always be there somewhere...

[vonnikon]

DW: You should talk to someone like Oxford astrophysicist Dr.Becky (She is on youtube) instead about JWST.
She is way better at conveying the excitement of what JWST can do, in terms anyone can understand.

[samuelkatherinediozarago]

Now imagine this; sunlight travels 8 minutes to earth at the light speed.... With a jet, that is 18 YEARS distance of travel non stop!!! Now, think about going at LIGHT SPEED at it takes 2x X13.000.000.000 YEARS to get to the nearest galaxies in that picture!!! This is just INSANE amount of distance!

[laeequenadvi]

It is mind blowing ancient images ever captured in histody of space. Cluster of hundred of galaxies of early universe.
We are in age of new astronomy. It opened new window to our universe. It is just beginnin.
Thanks JWST and thanks for NASA, ESA and CSA.

[JonathanXLindqviust]

> A monumental achievement by all involved.
That's *you*, humanity, all of us.

[TomTom-xpjb]

So great to see countries actually working together for a change. 👍

[rocqitmon]

As we solve When, Where and How old, big or hot, etc...
Can we get to Why and How in the first place? Oh, to be able to know those answers.

Human existence and accomplishment is, to me, incredible! Care for our Earth and keep this going!!

[figs]

HELP ME UNDERSTAND: The light touching all that we see in this image is what makes this image very old because of the distance? Technically those galaxies could still see dinosaurs roaming our planet if they were taking a picture from their own telescope?

[mamoonforlife]

While I love the subject, the interviewer did not ask any real questions.
No preparation for the interview, which left the interviewed high and dry.

IMHO this could have easily been such a fantastic article if done with preparation.

Maybe DW needs a science guy/gal.

[luisof]

0:11 NASA itself said this is not the deepest we have seen. We’ve seen deeper with COBE and WMAP missions.

[et]

You see that orange star in the upper right quadrant at 1:12? Our planet is the small gray one just to the left at about 8 o'clock.
By "our", I mean, us, the fleshy-headed mutants from sector 9.

[cageybee]

we can't even maintain the one habitable planet with water resources we already have.