‘A new era’: NASA unveils more Webb Telescope images of universe

The 'Cosmic Cliffs' of the Carina Nebula are seen in an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the world's largest and most powerful space telescope [NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb ERO Production Team/Handout via Reuters]

Hours after people around the world got a glimpse of “the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe” ever taken, the United States space agency has released other detailed photographs taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA said the images from Webb, a joint collaboration with the European and Canadian space agencies and the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, have ushered in “the dawn of a new era in astronomy”.