13 Jul 2022

James Webb Space Telescope releases first full colour images

From Morning Report, 8:53 am on 13 July 2022

Our view of the universe has just expanded even further.

Nasa has released a slew of new full-colour, infrared images overnight from the largest space telescope ever built - the James Webb.

They offer some of the deepest sight of space ever captured, looking back over 13 billion years.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics director Charles Alcock spoke to Susie Ferguson.