The era of space telescopes began in 1990, with the launch of the Hubble by NASA and ESA. Three decades later, this pair of space agencies was joined by the Japanese (JAXA), the Canadian and a conglomerate of government organizations that contributed good amounts of money for the construction of the James Webb.
The money was not badly invested. The range of the orbiting observatory is amazing. Now scientists have the possibility of looking into the most remote places of the early universe, to try to reach the beginning of existence, in the so-called Big Bang.
One of many demonstrations of the sharpness and range of the James Webb Space Telescope appears in images taken of the remnants of a scattered star, in a region some 2,600 light-years away.
This same area of the universe, known as the Ring Nebula, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013. What appears in the images helped advance research on what happens to stars when they die, since in some cases a supernova is formed.
But the quality the Webb manages to capture is so impressive, you can even see what’s behind these scattered star elements.
“Together, Hubble and Webb are revealing exciting discoveries about the Ring Nebula, which will allow scientists to learn more about planetary nebulae. This type of nebula got its name because of its appearance when viewed through small telescopes, but in reality these nebulae are the remains of a dying star,” the AstroF.3 site explained in its Twitter account. instagram.