Ahead of the biggest premiere the world of astronomy has ever seen, NASA has published the cosmic A-list that will be appearing through the lens of its colossal new space telescope.

And it’s not just stars. There are galaxies, a planet too, and what promises to be the deepest view back in time that humanity has ever been able to achieve.

On Tuesday, the first images from the $10bn James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be shared with the world.

Only a handful of the thousands of scientists and engineers who are working on the project have seen them. But the words “spectacular,” and “beautiful,” are being whispered among those who have.

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In a teaser ahead of the main release, NASA, the European and Canadian Space Agencies, which collaborated on the JWST, published a list of the five places in the universe that have been imaged by the telescope first.

The locations are not exactly household names, but they have been carefully picked to showcase the capabilities of the new infrared telescope and its enormous 6.5 metre gold-plated mirror.

Read more: Sky News