“Invisible Galaxies and Majestic Pillars: Stunning Space Phenomena Revealed by NASA, JWST, and More”

Each image as explained by NASA in its websiteis the result of a combination of X-rays from orbiting Chandra and infrared spectrum data previously provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has been observing the universe from 1.5 million kilometers from Earth since last January.

Astronomers also used data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the retired Spitzer telescope to capture the phenomena.

In addition to the American technology, the XMM-Newton space probe launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the optical and infrared telescope New Technology Telescope, which is operated by the intergovernmental organization European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the La Silla observatory in Chile, were also involved in the observation.

One of the captured phenomena is a star cluster NGC 346which is located in the dwarf galaxy the Small Magellanic Cloud (also known as the Small Magellanic Cloud) about 200 thousand light-years from Earth.

Visible are the clouds and arcs of gas and dust used by stars and planets in their formation. The purple cloud in the left part of the image is a remnant of the supernova explosion.

It can also be seen NGC 1672, the so-called barred spiral galaxy, for which the spherical shape in the center of the phenomenon is typical. One such galaxy is, for example, the Milky Way.

Unlike normal spiral galaxies, in which the arms curve directly toward the core, the arms in a barred galaxy lead through a straight stellar belt that surrounds the core.

It is also a spiral galaxy Messier 74 (M74). Also nicknamed the “Ghost Galaxy” by NASA due to its low visibility, the galaxy is about 32 million light-years from Earth.

Despite the reduced visibility, it can still be seen with the naked eye, even if only as a weak spot of light. From JWST, we see dust and gas in the infrared, and from the Chandra data, high-energy activity of stars in X-ray wavelengths is evident.

View of the area Messier 16 (M16), also the Eagle Nebula (nebula), resembles an eagle’s claws. The elongated columns of gas and dust are also nicknamed the “Pillars of Creation”. What appear as tiny dots in the image (below) are actually young stars captured by Chandra, emitting strong X-rays.