Katharina Buczek
This surreal image shows five galaxies almost swirling together in the sky.
“These colliding galaxies are pulling and stretching each other in a gravitational dance. Webb will revolutionize our knowledge of star formation and gas interactions within,” NASA wrote.
This photo of Stephan’s Quintet is also the largest Webb image to date– containing over 150 million pixels and constructed by over one thousand image files.
The “grand finale” of the Webb first image series features the Cosmic Cliffs.
“Behind the curtain of dust and gas are previously hidden baby stars, now uncovered by the Webb telescope,” NASA said.
“Webb’s new view gives us a rare peek into stars’ earliest and most rapid stages of formation. For an individual star, this period only lasts about fifty to one hundred thousand years,” NASA continued.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; pictured above are the Cosmic Cliffs
To view all of the released images captured by the Webb telescope, you can visit NASA’s Instagram account linked here.
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