01-07-2024, 11:11 AM
WASHINGTON: A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies residing relatively near our Milky Way, offering new clues on star formation, a galactic structure and evolution. Images were made public Jan 29 by scientists team involved in a project called Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) that operates across several major astronomical observatories.