Date uploaded: 2022-05-11 19:08:47

Hey, neighbor! 👋 The James Webb Space Telescope has beamed back the latest test pictures of a neighboring satellite galaxy, and the results are stunning – especially when compared with images taken by NASA’s previous infrared observatory, the Spitzer Space Telescope. "It's not until you actually see the kind of image that it delivers that you really internalize and go ‘Wow!’” said University of Arizona’s Marcia Rieke, chief scientist for Webb’s near-infrared camera. “Just think of what we're going to learn." Each of the 18 mirror segments on the new telescope is bigger than the single one on Spitzer. This combination of images shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, seen by the retired Spitzer Space Telescope (second image), and the new James Webb Space Telescope (first image). The new telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said. Tap through the link in bio for more on the James Webb Space Telescope.