The first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been released.

It’s produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.

The image shows a cluster of galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Volans four billion light-years away.

Using the equivalent of a zoom lens on a telescope, the distorted shape shows galaxies that existed 600 million years after the Big Bang.

Space expert from ANU Dr Brad Tucker told Joe Hildebrand the image teaches about time.

“It teaches us a lot about the timing of all these things were looking back quite literally in time.”

Press PLAY below to hear the space expert’s analysis of the picture

Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large Professor Fred Watson joined Jim Wilson to talk more about NASA’s release of the incredible photos from the deep universe.

Image: NASA