By Denise
Chow
President Joe Biden will present the first color image from the James Webb Space Telescope on Monday.
It is the highest-resolution infrared portrait of the universe ever taken, showing myriad galaxies as they appeared 13 billion years ago, according to NASA.
NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency will release other images on Tuesday, including the first spectrum of light emitted at different wavelengths by a planet in another star system, providing insights into the atmospheres and chemical composition of planets. exoplanets.
The James Webb Telescope separates in space on December 25.AP
Other images will reveal how galaxies interact and grow, or the life cycle of stars, from their formation to their death.
The $10 billion James Webb Telescope is the largest and most capable telescope ever built, and is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos.
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The telescope was launched into space on December 25.
It is the size of a tennis court, and is capable of peering deeper into the cosmos and in greater detail than previous telescopes.
