NASA Reveals 1st Full-Color Image from James Webb Telescope

On Monday, NASA revealed the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope, calling it the "deepest" and clearest infrared image of the distant universe to date.

The US space agency said that the image that shows a cluster of galaxies is a composite deep field that shows the galaxy cluster (SMEX 0723), as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago.

US President Joe Biden released the image at a preview event at the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris.

The rest of the first full-color images of the telescope will be released on Tuesday. It was chosen by representatives of the various space agencies involved in the project.

The publication of the images marks the beginning of scientific work with the Webb telescope, the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched into space.

The James Webb Telescope was launched on December 25 aboard the Ariane launch vehicle from the European Space Agency's Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

Scientists hope the telescope images will provide insight into the period immediately following the Big Bang, some 13.8 billion years ago.

James telescope's development took about 30 years and cost nearly $10 billion, and is the successor to the Hubble telescope, which has been in use for more than 30 years.