Webb Telescope Spots Individual Stars Hidden in Dust-Cloaked Galaxy

Webb Telescope Spots Individual Stars Hidden in Dust-Cloaked Galaxy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has seen individual stars inside Centaurus A, a galaxy 11 million light-years away, for the first time. The galaxy looks warped because two galaxies crashed together 2 billion years ago. Webb's infrared eyes can see through dust that blocked earlier telescopes, revealing how that collision triggered a burst of star birth and shaped the galaxy's structure.

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