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  • Zoom: A Spiral Amongst Thousands 🌌

    Zoom: A Spiral Amongst Thousands 🌌

    This video takes you on a breathtaking zoom-in journey to the spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648, located over a billion light-years away in the constellation Hercules. Captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument, this image reveals a stunning array of distant galaxies and bright stars, crowned with Webb’s signature six-pointed diffraction spikes.

    Webb’s mission is to explore the universe’s earliest galaxies, unveiling their formation, evolution, and chemical composition through its powerful infrared vision. This observation was part of the telescope’s calibration process, ensuring its instruments were fine-tuned for groundbreaking discoveries. As the camera zooms in, witness the incredible detail Webb can capture, showcasing the vast and intricate tapestry of the cosmos.

    Credit:
    ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, DSS, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. de Martin, N. Bartmann, M. Zamani

    #ESA #Space #Webb

  • Relax and drift through the Andromeda Galaxy 💫

    Relax and drift through the Andromeda Galaxy 💫

    Witness the breathtaking beauty of our cosmic neighbor—the Andromeda galaxy—located 2.5 million light-years away. This spiral disk galaxy appears elliptical from Earth due to its tilted orientation. In this panoramic view, young blue stars shimmer along the galaxy’s outer rim, while older yellowish stars cluster toward the bright central hub, resembling the yolk of a cosmic fried egg. 🍳💫

    This vibrant portrait is the result of over 10 years of observations and more than 600 snapshots captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Altogether, it reveals the mesmerizing glow of 200 million stars scattered across the galaxy’s immense 200,000-light-year-wide disk. As the camera zooms into the central region, a dense sea of ancient stars comes into view. Panning across the galaxy’s expanse, we see intricate patterns of dark dust clouds weaving through space, while vibrant blue star clusters stand out along the edges, signaling regions of ongoing star formation. 🌌✨

    Prepare to be amazed as we explore one of the largest and most detailed galactic images ever captured—offering a glimpse into the heart of a distant galaxy, yet eerily similar to our own Milky Way.

    📸 NASA, ESA, B. Williams (University of Washington), G. Bacon (STScI)
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    #ESA #AndromedaGalaxy #Hubble