Cosmic beauty shots from NASA’s Webb telescope

A never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula.

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NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star.

The first image from the $10-billion James Webb Space Telescope was released Monday at the White House — a jumble of distant galaxies that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen.

The four additional photos released Tuesday included more cosmic beauty shots.

With one exception, the latest images showed parts of the universe seen by other telescopes. But Webb’s sheer power, distant location off Earth and use of the infrared light spectrum showed them in new light.

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This image provided by NASA on Monday, July 11, 2022, shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, captured by the Webb telescope.

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Technicians use a crane to lift the mirror of the Webb telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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