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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

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World’s largest digital camera set to transform our understanding of the universe 24 June 2025 The first images from “the most ambitious astronomical survey to date” have been released.

The largest digital camera ever built released its first shots of the universe Monday — including colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies.

A new ground-based telescope two decades in the making has finally released its first-ever images of the universe – and astronomers say they reveal cosmic phenomena like never before.