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- The Webb Telescope released

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its first five full-color images

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and they're pretty amazing.

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Here's the first image,

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a deep-field of the
galaxy cluster SMACS 0732.

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The image shows thousands of galaxies

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containing billions of stars, planets,

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and most any other cosmic
thing you can think of.

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NASA imaged this particular galaxy cluster

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because its gravitational field magnifies

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much more ancient light,
way deeper in space.

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You can see the galaxies kind of squished

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by that gravitational lens.

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These two images show
the Southern Ring Nebula

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in infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths.

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Webb only takes in infrared
and near-infrared light,

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which makes it easier to see
all this redshifted light

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from the early universe.

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So this image, and all the
others Webb will produce,

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are actually translated into
full-color by the Webb team.

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Then we have the exoplanet spectrum,

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which comes from a gas giant

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about 1,150 light-years
from Earth called WASP 96-b.

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The spectrum showed the
presence of water on the planet,

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which is really hot, so it's
basically superheated steam.

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Stephan's Quintet is
a set of five galaxies

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that appear very close
to each other in the sky.

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This is the biggest Webb image yet,

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made up of 150 million pixels

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and a mosaic of 1,000 separate images.

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The quintet is made of millions of stars.

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And finally, there's the Cosmic
Cliffs of the Carina Nebula

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7,600 light-years away.

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This area is actually a stellar nursery,

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a place where stars are born.

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It's an awesome image,

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which showcases the details
Webb is able to capture

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from its targets.

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Those are all the images
from the recent release,

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but there are gonna be many more to come.

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So stay tuned.

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