Amazing new ‘trove’ of images showing 19 spiral galaxies taken by NASA james webb space telescope, european space agency he said on Monday. The images show “the smallest scale of stars, gas, and dust ever observed beyond our galaxy,” or the Milky Way, the agency said.
The agency said researchers are analyzing the new images to understand how these galaxies formed. NASA They were photographed as part of the Physics at High Angular Resolution of the Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, and say they flaunt millions of stars that “glow in blue tones.” They will also reveal “glowing dust” and stars that are still developing, according to NASA.
Some of the “newest and most massive stars in the galaxy” imagesays Eric Rosolowski, a physics professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. PHANGS researchers have also published the largest catalog of star clusters ever recorded, according to NASA, with about 100,000 star clusters, a list Rosolowski says is “much larger than what our team can handle.” It is said that it is possible to perform a large-scale analysis.
But that’s not all. The images of the galaxy also show a “large spherical shell” thought to have been formed by an exploding star, and a supermassive black hole that looks like the galaxy’s nucleus with its pink and red spikes, researchers said. It is said that there is.
Janice Lee, project scientist for Strategic Initiatives at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, said the images of the galaxy are “extraordinary.”
“They are surprising, even for researchers who have studied the same galaxies for decades,” Lee said. “The bubbles and filaments are resolved to the smallest scale ever observed and tell a story about the star formation cycle.”
See 19 new images of spiral galaxies below.
Spiral galaxy IC 5332
Face-on spiral galaxy IC 5332 was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing glowing dust in the infrared. IC 5332 is located 30 million light years away in the constellation Kospur.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), Rupali Chandar (UToledo), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 628
Webb’s images of spiral galaxy NGC 628 show the galaxy is tightly packed and locked into a hazy light blue central region. Inside its core is an old star, represented by blue light. NGC 628 is located 32 million light years away in the constellation Pisces.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 1087
This image of NGC 1087 shows so much light that the galaxy’s arms “look muddy,” said researcher James Webb. NGC 1087 is located 80 million light years away in the constellation Cetus.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), Rupali Chandar (UToledo), PHANGS Team
NGC1300
The center of NGC 1300, highlighted by a bright white dot surrounded by a yellow circle, is “small compared to the rest of the galaxy,” according to researchers at James Webb. NGC 1300 is located 69 million light years away in the constellation Eridanus.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
NGC1365
The nucleus of NGC 1365 occupies about one-eighth of the entire image, with the central region appearing “like a squished oval” with six bright white diffraction spikes, said researcher James Webb. Ta. NGC 1365 is located 56 million light-years away in the constellation Calabash.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
NGC1385
James Webb researchers say the image shows NGC 1385 to be a “messy” galaxy with a spiral shape that is difficult to distinguish. NGC 1385 is located 30 million light-years away in the constellation Calabash.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
spiral galaxy 1433
The core of spiral galaxy 1433 takes up about one-fifth of this James Webb image, with the blue haze of stars forming a “large bar structure,” the researchers said. NGC 1433 is located 46 million light-years away in the constellation Horologium.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 1512
In addition to the spiral galaxy, the James Webb image also shows “two large foreground stars with at least six distinct diffraction spikes,” according to the researchers. NGC 1512 is located 30 million light-years away in the constellation Horologium.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 1566
Researchers say the “densely populated” spiral galaxy NGC 1566 is characterized by two prominent arms and “numerous bright blue points of light.” This galaxy is located 60 million light years away in the constellation Sera.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), Rupali Chandar (UToledo), Daniela Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 1672
Although the galaxy’s spiral shape is not as apparent in this James Webb image, NGC 1672 is fixed at its center and has “two spiny legs that rotate clockwise,” the researchers said. It is said to be characterized by its “orange” arms. NGC 1672 is located 60 million light-years away in the constellation Leona.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 2835
The central region of the dense spiral galaxy NGC 2835 is “quickly engulfed by orange spiral arms” and a “blue glow of stars” can be seen extending outward from its center, according to researchers James Webb and colleagues. It is said that The pink and blue lights at the bottom of the image are probably background galaxies. NGC 2835 is located 35 million light years away in the constellation Hydra.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 3351
Although this image of NGC 3351 is just a still image, researchers at James Webb say the spiral arms that form a roughly circular shape around it appear to be “moving.” NGC 3351 is located 33 million light years away in the constellation Leo.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 3627
Spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is characterized by two spiny arms and was captured by the James Webb Telescope, where stars were seen “scattered throughout the dense scene.” NGC 3627 is located 36 million light years away in the constellation Leo.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 4254
This scene of James Webb’s “Densely Populated” Galaxy shows NGC 4254 with counterclockwise spiny arms and many stars scattered throughout the galaxy. NGC 4254 is located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Coma.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 4303
The central region of spiral galaxy NGC 4303 can be seen near the center of this image, with a cluster of blue stars visible throughout. NGC 4303 is located 55 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.
NASA, ESA, CSA, ESO, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 4321
According to researchers at James Webb, this spiral galaxy is shaped like a “broken circle” and features prominent spiral arms at the bottom of the image. NGC 4321 is located 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 4535
NGC 4535 was seen by the James Webb Space Telescope as having a small central region of swirling intersecting pale orange haze and “flowing dust filaments,” according to researchers. This galaxy is located 50 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 5068
NGC 5068 is a spiral galaxy, but its shape is difficult to match with images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The researchers said some of the bright red areas “appear to be filled with smoke.” NGC 5068 is located 20 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
Spiral galaxy NGC 7496
The spiral galaxy seen by the James Webb Space Telescope shows that the galaxy’s center is small compared to the rest of the galaxy, with the central region starting out “as a bright white dot that melts into a bright orange color,” researchers said. It is made clear that there is. NGC 7496 is located 24 million light-years away in the constellation Hyuri.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Janice Lee (STScI), Thomas Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
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