James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space-based infrared observatory launched on 25 December 2021 by NASA, ESA, and CSA. From its orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, its 6.5-meter segmented gold-coated mirror and five-layer sunshield let it peer back more than 13.5 billion years to the first galaxies, probe the atmospheres of distant exoplanets, and watch stars and planets being born inside dusty clouds. Webb released its first full-color images on 12 July 2022 and has since set records that include the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0.