Webb telescope sees once invisible structures inside spiral galaxies

Photos: Observing the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

The Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 was one of the James Webb Space Telescope's first discoveries, spotted in June 2022.

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Photos: Observing the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope captured 50,000 sources of near-infrared light in a new image of Pandora's Cluster, a megacluster of galaxies. The cluster acts like a magnifying glass, allowing astronomers to see more distant galaxies behind it.

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Photos: Observing the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

Stars shine through the hazy material of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, which is 630 light-years away from Earth.

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Photos: Observing the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions near the Milky Way, located in a dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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Photos: Observing the universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

Two galaxies, known as II ZW96, form a swirl shape while merging in the constellation Delphinus.

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