November 22, 2024

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The James Webb Space Telescope peers into the hypnotic spiral arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy (photos)

The James Webb Space Telescope peers into the hypnotic spiral arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy (photos)

With a hypnotic new image released on Tuesday (August 29), the James Webb Space Telescope is letting us peer inside a spiral galaxy floating about 27 million light-years from Earth.

It’s a lifelike shot that represents a world named after him M51 (also known as NGC 5194 or the Whirlpool Galaxy) brilliantly captures the rocky relationship this galaxy has with its close neighbour, a dwarf galaxy called NGC 5195. Indeed, in part because of this galactic interaction, M51 may have such an interaction. . Primarily ornate pattern.