NASA's Webb telescope reveals a spiral galaxy's brilliant heart
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- NASA’s Webb Space Telescope captured a new image of the Messier 77 spiral galaxy, located 45 million light-years away in the Cetus constellation.
- The galaxy’s bright core is powered by a supermassive black hole approximately 8 million times the mass of the sun.
- Gas surrounding the black hole heats up as it orbits tightly, emitting extreme radiation that Webb’s mid-infrared instrument detected in detail.
- Webb, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, has been capturing cosmic images since its launch in 2021.
