Astounding images telling the story of a hidden universe through every phase of its cosmic history have been revealed for the first time at Space Park Leicester.
The pioneering Midlands facility was one of only a handful of venues chosen by the European Space Agency to showcase the first images from the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope when they were released for the first time yesterday.
The nearly 100-strong audience in Leicester were among the first people to catch sight of the ground-breaking images, including the best view yet of distant galaxies and light from 13 billion years ago.
Showing the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far, views of a ‘stellar nursery’ and a roaring sphere of gas around a dying star were among the sights which drew gasps from the watching crowd.
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