PHOTOS: NASA releases more images that provide deepest look at the cosmos in history

GREENBELT, Md. (TND) — NASA on Tuesday released more images from itsnew space telescope that offer the deepest look at the cosmos in history and give a glimpse at what the dawn of the universe looked like around 13.7 billion years ago.

The jaw-dropping images taken by the James Webb Telescope were shown at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, just outside of Washington.They include views of a gaseous planet outside our solar system, two images of a nebula where stars are born and die and an update of an image of five clustered galaxies that dance around each other.

Scientists said they've spent 25 years working toward a view of the universe this sharp and clear, and will likely need 25 more.

President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled the first image and said the discovery shows “the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from over 13 billion – let me say that again – 13 billion years ago. It’s hard to fathom.” The image, seen below, covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand, according to NASA.

The world's biggest telescope took off last December fromfrom French Guiana in South America and reached its lookout point 1 million miles from Earth in January.

It'sconsidered the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, which has seen as far back as 13.4 billion years and discovered the light wave signature of an extremely bright galaxy in 2016.

"Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time," NASA said in a release. "This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.This deep field, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is a composite made from images at different wavelengths, totaling 12.5 hours – achieving depths at infrared wavelengths beyond the Hubble Space Telescope’s deepest fields, which took weeks."

Scientists say the NIRCAM brings distant galaxies to the forefront, processing images of structures that have never been seen before, like star clusters and diffuse features. Webb will help them learn more about the galaxies' ages, histories and compositions.

Viewing parties at space centers, museums and planetariums were taking place all over the world Tuesday to get a glimpse at the stunning cosmic objects, including in Perth, Australia; Winnipeg, Canada; Dayton, Ohio; Pasadena, California, and Bangalore, India.

Space enthusiasts can track Webb's exact location and status by clicking here.