Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed

Wed, 08/30/2023 - 08:43

A composite showing the winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005. — A composite showing the winding arms of the spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.
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The James Webb telescope captured an image of M51, a galaxy 27 million light-years away.
The telescope is 100 times more powerful than Hubble and can take images in unprecedented detail.
Astronomers hope the image will shed light on how stars form in galaxies other than Milky Way.

A hypnotic image of a whirlpool galaxy captured by the James Webb telescope has revealed how NASA's new observatory outclasses its predecessor, Hubble.