Webb Telescope Promises New Age of the Stars

The inner region of the Orion Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. Handout / NASA/ESA/CSA/AFP/File

The James Webb Space Telescope lit up 2022 with dazzling images of the early universe after the Big Bang, heralding a new era of astronomy and untold revelations about the cosmos in years to come.

The most powerful observatory sent into space succeeds the Hubble telescope, which is still operating, and began transmitting its first cosmic images in July, AFP said.