Detailed Look at Starburst Galaxy

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning partners: Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Video imagery:

·       Galaxy Messier 82 (M82) in shorter, bluer infrared wavelengths: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Alberto Bolatto (UMD)

·       Galaxy Messier 82 (M82) in longer, redder infrared wavelengths: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Alberto Bolatto (UMD)

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A long, thin galaxy with a dark red color interwoven among lots of bright stars. Text, April 15, 2024, Detailed look at Starburst Galaxy. 

 

The James Webb Space Telescope has a new, detailed look at a region of the starburst galaxy M82. 

 

Every single white dot in this image is either a star or a star cluster. 

 

The galaxy is producing stars 10 times faster than our galaxy, the Milky Way. 

 

In other filters. Webb is able to display the fine structure of the galactic wind. seen in red filaments, blown out by young. massive stars and their eventual supernovae. 

 

Scientists will continue using Webb to learn more. including accurate ages for the star clusters in M82, and how long each phase of star formation lasts in a starburst environment. 

 

This news was brought to you in part by the SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE IN BALTIMORE. Maryland. 

 

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