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NASA to unveil new Webb image on telescope's first anniversary
The so-called Cosmic Cliffs of a star-forming region in a part of space called the Carina Nebula, one of the James Webb Space Telescope's first released images

NASA to unveil new Webb image on telescope's first anniversary

Washington (AFP) - NASA is set Wednesday to unveil a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope a year after it first stunned the world with breathtaking views of the distant cosmos. Webb, the most powerful observatory in orbit, was launched in December 2021 from French Guiana, on a million mile (1.6 million kilometer) voyage to a region called the second Lagrange point. Its first full color picture was revealed by President Joe Biden on July 11, 2022: the clearest view yet of the early universe, going back 13 billion years. The next wave included "mountains" and "valleys" of a star-forming...

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