A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured a large spiral galaxy located over a billion light-years from Earth, as well as additional smaller galaxies.
Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku explains the significance of new images provided by NASA's Webb Space Telescope on 'Sunday Night in America.'captured ancient galaxies and a distant spiral galaxy in stunning detail.
The crowded field shows bright stars and the large spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648, which is more than a billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. NASA said the image, taken by the Near-Infrared Camera during instrument calibration, helped to test the observatory's ability to dig up galactic"fossils."
A crowded field of galaxies throngs this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, along with bright stars crowned with Webb’s signature six-pointed diffraction spikes. "Using images such as this one, scientists can compare galactic ‘dinosaurs’ with modern galaxies," the agency tweeted."In turn, this helps us learn more about
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