Webb telescope ‘reveals God’s creation’ – Jesuit astronomer

Webb telescope ‘reveals God’s creation’ – Jesuit astronomer The first full-colour image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Known as Webb's First Deep Field, the cluster is seen in a composite made from images at different wavelengths taken with a near-infrared camera and released July 11, 2022. Photo: CNS

Staff reporter The Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory were wowed like most people by the beauty of the photos from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, but the director said they also are excited by the scientific information the telescope will reveal. Human spirit “Such images are a necessary food for the human spirit – we…

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