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The James Webb Space Telescope can't see supermassive black holes directly, but that doesn't mean astronomers can't use its data to better understand the mysterious behemoths.
"We were left with a picture of part of the sky with no stars or galaxies, but it still had this infrared glow with giant blobs that we think could be the glow from the very first stars." -John Mather When you look out at the night sky, you're limited by the light pollution from your surroundings, the imperfections of our atmosphere, the light-blocking gas and dust throughout the interstellar and intergalactic medium, and the capabilities of your eyes. Still, what one can see is truly a sight to behold.
The Light from Deep Field Galaxy images travelled 80 billion trillion miles to get to us
The images prove that Webb is able to observe faint details and objects close to bright planets like Jupiter and Saturn.
Webb telescope shows off Jupiter in new image