JWST: A Dance of Dwarf Galaxies Size:87" x 39" which then form dense knots

which then form dense knots where extreme pressures and temperatures trigger nuclear fusion – giving birth to entirely new generations of stars right before your eyes

Who Will Cherish This Image

This image demonstrates how different wavelengths reveal different features of cosmic objects

faint structures that have never been seen before

revealed by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam)

JWST: A Dance of Dwarf Galaxies Size:87" x 39" which then form dense knotsJWST: A Dance of Dwarf Galaxies The Cosmic Waltz Space is often viewed as static and silent, but the James Webb Space Telescope reveals that it is alive with movement. You are looking at a gravitational dance between two dwarf galaxies, NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, captured in unprecedented detail. Right now, 24 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici, two dwarf galaxies are finishing a cosmic embrace that began long before dinosaurs