NASA's Webb Telescope surprises with new images of 19 nearby spiral galaxies

NASA's Webb Telescope has done it again. “New pictures appear Spiral galaxies with 'amazing' structure, in 19 nearby galaxies“. Webb is the only telescope that can provide detailed images of galaxies in mid- and near-infrared light.

James Webb Space Telescope: one of its kind

These web images are Part of a longer and broader project called PHANGS (Physics of High Angle Resolution in Nearby Galaxies). This program consists of More than 150 astronomers At the global level. There is already a large amount of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory's Large Multi-Module Spectroscopic Telescope, and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Ultraviolet, visible and radio radiation.

but, Webb offers better accuracy on the smallest scales ever observed. Bubbles and filaments are visible and can tell a story about the star formation cycle. Webb has solved an unprecedented number of stars.

Pocket stars

NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) De Webb photographed millions of stars. They can be seen in shades of blue in spiral arms and star clusters.. Webb's MIRI (mid-infrared instrument) imaged the bright dust found between and around stars. Merry too It highlights stars that have not yet been born.

the Unborn stars are still surrounded by gas and dust. In the pictures they are Bright red seeds on the tips of dusty spikes. Dusty peaks are Home to the newest and most massive stars in the galaxy. Webb was also arrested big Spherical shells of gas and dust that may have formed from a star or stars that exploded, leaving holes in the interstellar material.

The largest number of stars cataloged to date

Behind the galaxy's spiral arms are regions of gas and dust that appear red or orange in images. They're like waves. The spacing between regions of gas and dust provides information about how gas is distributed in galaxies. Study of this phenomenon will allow Learn how to build, maintain and maintain galaxies How to prevent star formation.

Galaxies grow from the inside out. Star formation occurs in the center of the galaxy. Star formation It runs along the arms and spirals away from the center. how much The further away the star is from the center, the younger it is.. In comparison with, The oldest stars are closest to the center and are illuminated like a blue spotlight. The cores of galaxies with pink or red edges contain an active supermassive black hole. A pink or red center could also mean a super bright star cluster.

With the millions of stars that Webb has been able to resolve, it allows researchers to catalog all types of stars. Cataloging these stars will help us better understand the life cycle of a star. Thanks to Webb, the PHANGS team has published the largest number of stars cataloged to date: 100,000. Each new image Webb contributes will continue to help scientists.