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>> reporter: tonight, the new james webb telescope reaching deeper into the universe than ever before. >> oh, my gosh. it really does work. personally i went and had an ugly cry. >> reporter: this one showing a wide angle of just a tiny fraction of the universe, thousands of galaxies in view. the red ones going back to the dawn of the time, more than 13 billion years ago. and this image, the death of a star -- collapsing then exploding, creating that gorgeous ring of colors. this image capturing...

The most sophisticated and ambitious space telescope ever built has finally started its science mission.

See the birth and death of stars and groupings of galaxies in this new batch of images.

NASA releases \

NASA releases \

NASA releases \

The $9 billion infrared telescope, built for NASA by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing scientists to peer farther than before and with greater clarity into the cosmos, to the dawn of the known universe.

The $9 billion infrared telescope, built for NASA by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing scientists to peer farther than before and with greater clarity into the cosmos, to the dawn of the known universe.

The $9 billion infrared telescope, built for NASA by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing scientists to peer farther than before and with greater clarity into the cosmos, to the dawn of the known universe.

The $9 billion infrared telescope, built for NASA by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., is expected to revolutionize astronomy by allowing scientists to peer farther than before and with greater clarity into the cosmos, to the dawn of the known universe.