Watch NASA unveil first photos from the James Webb Space Telescope

After six months of commissioning work in space, NASA will release the first science images of its next-generation space observatory in July. Here’s how you can tune in to the historic event for free.

The James Webb Space Telescope carries four state-of-the-art instruments designed to examine everything from objects in the solar system to distant, ancient galaxies formed in the early universe just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. The instruments are about halfway through their mode checks as the observatory continues to smoothly pass milestones in deep space after its launch on December 25, 2021.