NASA releases images of 19 spiral galaxies from space telescope

NASA has released images of 19 spiral galaxies imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the instruments used by scientists in the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) program, with contributions from more than 150 astronomers worldwide.

The James Webb Space Telescope's near-infrared camera imaged stars glowing in blue hues, while the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) imaged dust clouds around the stars and stars in the early stages of their development that glow like "bright red seeds," scientists said.

In addition to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists around the world use the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Telescope to image stars in ultraviolet, visible light and radio waves.

Scientists working at PHANGS have published the largest catalog to date of nearly 100,000 star clusters.

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