'Tantalizing glimpse of the universe': James Webb Space Telescope images & data released; Watch

On Tuesday, D-Day finally arrived when NASA and its partners-- the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) released the first batch of James Webb Space Telescope images and data. Over the past few days, NASA had been teasing people around the world with pictures captured by James Webb Space Telescope. Finally, James Webb Space Telescope images and data were released on Tuesday and it sent people into the deep thoughts of the cosmos. 

NASA released five of the James Webb Space Telescope's first infrared images of the universe. The first batch of James Webb Telescope images and along with the spectroscopic data were released during the live event which began at 8 pm IST at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Notably, the new pictures come just hours after US President Joe Biden unveiled one of the images featuring the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. 

Webb observed the Southern Ring Planetary nebula, an entity located nearly 2,000 light-years away from our planet. This new image shows a dying star, which is cloaked by dust and is sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions. Thanks to Webb's exceptional infrared capabilities, this is the first time astronomers have observed the dying star in the nebula's center and the dust it is covered in.