<img width="1280" height="720" src="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/it-GK7dvJ-1643989595-1280×720.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="James Webb space telescope illustration" loading="lazy" style="margin: auto;margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%" data-attachment-id="710607" data-permalink="https://www.slashgear.com/james-webb-powers-on-its-science-instruments-what-comes-next-04710605/it-gk7dvj-1643989595/" data-orig-file="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/it-GK7dvJ-1643989595.jpg" data-orig-size="1440,810" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="it-GK7dvJ-1643989595" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="
muratart/Shutterstock
” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/it-GK7dvJ-1643989595-1280×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/it-GK7dvJ-1643989595-1280×720.jpg” />The James Webb Space Telescope will be able to observe some of the most distant and ancient galaxies now it is in its new home, in orbit around the sun. Although it will be several months before it can start gathering science data, the science instruments on board the telescope have been turned on, and the first tests of each … Continue reading