Perseus: This stunning new mosaic of images from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope showcases the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and located approximately 960 light-years away.

Supernova remnants A new high-definition image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam unveils intricate details of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), and shows the expanding shell of material slamming into the gas shed by the star before it exploded.

Galactic gathering: The vast galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152 in the constellation Coma Berenices is distorting the images of distant background galaxies into streaks and smears of light in this image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope.

Horsehead Nebula: James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula, showing a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution.

Penguin and the Egg: The distorted spiral galaxy at the centre, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at the left, the Egg, are locked in an active embrace. The pair, known jointly as Arp 142, made their first pass between 25 and 75 million years ago — causing ‘fireworks.

Jewelled ring: This Webb picture features the gravitational lensing of the quasar known as RX J1131-1231, located roughly 6 billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Crater. It is considered one of the best lensed quasars discovered to date.

Galactic treasury: This James Webb image features the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559. Located 35 million light-years away in the southern constellation Reticulum (The Reticule), NGC 1559 hosts a visible central region with a distinct open pattern in the loosely-wound spiral arms.