The first image from the US$10 billion (HK$78 billion) James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of time and the edge of the universe. That image will be followed by the release of four more beauty shots from the telescope's initial outward gazes. Part of the image is light from not too long after the Big Bang, which was 13.8 billion years ago. The world's biggest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away in December from French Guiana in South America. Webb is considered the successor to the highly successful, but aging Hubble Space Telescope.

Source: The Standard July 12, 2022 19:14 UTC