glittering image of stars in space
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this photo of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
  • NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image near the heart of the Milky Way.
  • The chaotic region appears brilliantly colorful, glittering with the light of 500,000 stars.
  • JWST can view infrared light and allows scientists to observe never-before-seen features.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a colorful, glittering image of a chaotic region near the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.