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Source: Hubblesite.org
A brilliant white core is encircled by thick dust lanes in this spiral galaxy, seen edge-on.
The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light years from Earth.
Source: Hubblesite.org
Source: Hubblesite.org The Antennae Galaxies/NGC 4038-4039
Source: Hubblesite.org A Rose made of Galaxies
Source: Hubblesite.org Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon)
Hubble Site
The Webb Telescope
A million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope will soar through a frigid void, peering back to the time when new stars and developing galaxies first began to illuminate the universe. Scanning the universe for the invisible radiation called infrared, Webb will have to be larger than any space telescope ever placed in orbit, and function at temperatures just tens of degrees above absolute zero — the temperature at which even atoms are frozen into immobility.
With its infrared vision, Webb will be able to see light from the early universe that has been stretched as it travels across the expanding fabric of space. It will be able to see through clouds of dust to the warm, infrared-emitting objects hidden within. Our view of the universe will expand as Webb opens up previously unexplored territory to our gaze.
