NASA Shares Sharpest, Deepest Picture Of The Universe Ever Taken, Internet Responds With James Webb Telescope Memes

This morning, NASA shared the first images taken with the James Webb Telescope, giving man the sharpest, deepest images of the universe it's ever had.

The picture is incredible, as every dot in the image without "spikes" coming off it represents an entire galaxy, capturing places in space that have existed for over 13 billion years.

It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.Previewed by POTUS</a> on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of <a href="https://twitter.com/NASAWebb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">NASAWebb's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I pic.twitter.com/zAr7YoFZ8C

— NASA (@NASA) July 11, 2022

Naturally, as with many other famous images of space, the internet responded with memes.

Though NASA has offered breakthrough glimpses at outer space in recent years, their incredible photographs have often led to memes. For example, when NASA captured the first image of a black hole in history, internet users responded by turning the black hole into an anime girl.

In this instance, Twitter users couldn't resist editing the James Webb Telescope's photograph and firing mild jokes at NASA's accomplishment.

theres something strangely beautiful about that nasa picture that i just cant put my finger on pic.twitter.com/QHOZfnS9O2

— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) July 12, 2022

I waited aost a decade to make this meme. #JWST #hubble #JWST_HST_SciVI #NASA #NASAWebb #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Web3 pic.twitter.com/SVbNUYdWEg

— Panini_Singam (@panini_singam) July 11, 2022

So in awe of the gravitational lensing! Never expected to see such clarity and color pic.twitter.com/S7o8rceqQR

— Julia Kardon (@jlkardon) July 11, 2022

Of course, for every meme there appeared to be two more posts marveling at what NASA was able to achieve.

Wow. A truly incredible breakthrough moment.Thank you @NASA and to every scientist, engineer, and person supporting this contribution to human history and understanding. https://t.co/nXrbH704Z1

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 11, 2022

Everything in this image that doesn't have spikes coming off of it is a galaxy. Every. Single. Dot. pic.twitter.com/yCdYbGO1xY

— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 12, 2022

Imagine being at the NASA desk when these first images of the universe from the new telescope start showing up 🥺 https://t.co/eY3YfwCimz

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) July 12, 2022

The James Webb Telescope website has a full gallery of images captured by the space telescope, offering remarkable pictures of nebulas and galaxies. The JWT's Twitter account has also been posting photos this morning, offering some context as to what the images mean.

✋🏼 Galactic high five! In Webb’s image of Stephan’s Quintet, we see 5 galaxies, 4 of which interact. (The left galaxy is in the foreground!) Webb will revolutionize our knowledge of star formation & gas interactions in these galaxies: https://t.co/tlougFWg8B #UnfoldTheUniverse pic.twitter.com/b2kH1tSyMs

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) July 12, 2022

Put a ring on it! 💍 Compare views of the Southern Ring nebula and its pair of stars by Webb’s NIRCam (L) & MIRI® instruments. The dimmer, dying star is expelling gas and dust that Webb sees through in unprecedented detail: https://t.co/tlougFWg8B #UnfoldTheUniverse pic.twitter.com/yOMMmQcAfA

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) July 12, 2022