The very first images from the James Webb Space Telescope ​were released ​earlier this week and they do not disappoint. 

Webb is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. Its mission, to boil it down to its essence, is capturing some of the earliest light in our universe using extremely sensitive infrared cameras. 

CGTN’s Hendrik Sybrandy reports.

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