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UP, UP, AND AWAY See the unforgettable scenes of the cosmos captured by the largest space observatory ever built.

images from the James Webb Space Telescope

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ASA AND ITS PARTNER space agencies revealed a stunning series of images — from the Carina Nebula in our own Milky Way to a

cluster of galaxies much farther away — taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space observatory ever launched. The photograph below shows Stephan’s Quintet, five galaxies, four of which interact and stretch each other with their gravitational forces. Webb’s first image of the Southern Ring nebula, a dying star expelling gas and dust, in orbit with a younger star. The Webb telescope’s image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 includes

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