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On July 12th at 9:30am CT NASA is scheduled to release the first images from the new $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope.

This will be a big moment in astro history... some have waited decades for this.

I hope everyone can access this link.

https://facebook.com/events/s/first-ima ... 390934095/

If not, try this one:

https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

Suresh

UPDATE on James Webb images - first image is coming Monday, 7/11, instead of Tuesday 7/12.

PRESS RELEASE from this morning:
Monday, July 11

5 p.m. EDT– President Joe Biden will release one of Webb's first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will provide remarks. A live stream of the event will be available on NASA TV. The image will be available simultaneously on NASA's website.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa ... ges-reveal

Jackie sent me this link to a cool video on Reddit. It shows the location of the “cosmic cliffs” image within the carina nebula area.
https://reddit.com/r/space/comments/vys ... he_cosmic/