'A huge step forward': Group of galaxies and ‘baby stars’ among new images released by Nasa

“In the words of the famous Carl Sagan, ‘Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known’. I think those words are becoming a reality.”

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula that were previously obscured. Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

The images released by Nasa today, taken of our distant universe by the James Webb Space Telescope have been described as "a huge step forward" for science.

The space agency unveiled its five initial images from the telescope, the largest and most powerful orbital observatory.