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James Webb Space Telescope Celebrates Its 4th Birthday with Stunning Image of a Galaxy Crash Site

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July 2026 marks four years since NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images were first revealed to the general public, marking a new era for astronomy. To celebrate this anniversary of the most powerful space telescope ever launched, NASA has released a stunning image of the strangely shaped galaxy called Centaurus A.Located around 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A owes its unusual structure to a collision between two galaxies around…

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In new images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth scientific anniversary, a familiar galaxy is transformed into something much richer and much more complex than ever before. Webb's unprecedented sensitivity in the wavelengths of the near and the [...]

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is discovering an extraordinary galaxy shaped by a cosmic collision. These latest images, marking the fourth anniversary of JWST's scientific operations, reveal the galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) in a completely new light. Thanks to the telescope's exceptional sensitivity in near- and mid-infrared light, scientists can peer into this mysterious galaxy in such detail for the first time, revealing its complex s…

To celebrate the fourth anniversary of its first scientific images, the James-Webb Space Telescope offers a spectacular new look at Centaurus A. Located about 11 million light years away, this nearby galaxy fascinates astronomers by its intense activity, its huge central black hole and the traces of an ancient ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (l…

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