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Webb's first deep field — the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 — the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant universe at the time of its release.
The 'Cosmic Cliffs' — the edge of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula, revealed by Webb in infrared.
The Southern Ring Nebula — a planetary nebula of gas shed by a dying star — shown in two Webb infrared views.
Stephan's Quintet — a compact group of galaxies, four of which are locked in a cosmic dance.
The 'Pillars of Creation' — towers of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, one of Hubble's most iconic images.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field — around ten thousand galaxies in a patch of sky a tenth the width of the full Moon.
'Earthrise' — Earth seen rising over the Moon, photographed by astronaut William Anders during Apollo 8 on 24 December 1968.
'The Blue Marble' — a fully illuminated Earth photographed by the crew of Apollo 17 on their way to the Moon in 1972.
'Pale Blue Dot' — Earth as a single pixel, photographed by Voyager 1 from about 6 billion kilometres away in 1990.
Saturn backlit by the Sun, with Earth visible as a distant point of light — Cassini's 'The Day the Earth Smiled'.
The Sombrero Galaxy — an edge-on spiral with a brilliant nucleus and a prominent dust lane.
The Crab Nebula — the expanding remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054.
The floor of Jezero Crater on Mars, imaged by NASA's Perseverance rover after its 2021 landing.
The layered lower slopes of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater, imaged by NASA's Curiosity rover.
The active Sun in extreme ultraviolet, showing hot plasma tracing magnetic loops above the surface.
Webb's near-infrared view of Jupiter, revealing auroras at both poles, high-altitude hazes, and the planet's faint rings.
The International Space Station in orbit, photographed by a departing crew spacecraft.
The 'Family Portrait' — the first mosaic of the Solar System, taken by Voyager 1 from beyond Neptune in 1990.
NASA's official public-domain image archive.
US Hubble image archive from the Space Telescope Science Institute.
US James Webb image archive from STScI.
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