NASA Reveals Breathtaking Space Photos Taken by New James Webb Telescope, Twitter Starts Memeing

While we may disagree on whether outer space is very cool, very scary, or simply something we shouldn't care so much about when we've got enough to contend with on Earth, everyone has to admit that all those galaxies out there are beautiful places. Nowhere knows this better than NASA, whose Hubble telescope has been bringing us tantalizing glimpses of the great beyond for more than thirty years.

However, it has been decided that the technology is due an update. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched late last year to the tune of ten billion U.S. dollars, and it's finally paying for itself with the release of some amazingly detailed photos it has taken in various parts of the universe.

Understandably, space nerds everywhere were overjoyed with the news, and even mere casuals couldn't help but be impressed by the range captured in the images. At the same time, though, the people of the internet couldn't resist cracking a few jokes about the momentous advancement. Sure, the colors are pretty, but do they really hold up against the majesty of late nineties computer graphics?