BANG! James Webb Telescope Catches Stray Galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space Photo of the Week

BANG! James Webb telescope catches stray galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week

This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.

Webb Refines the Bullet Cluster's Mass

One of the most iconic cosmic scenes in the Universe lies nearly 3.8 billion light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Carina. This is where two massive clusters of galaxies have collided. The resulting combined galaxies and other material is now called the Bullet Cluster, after one of the two members that interacted over several billion years. It's one of the hottest-known galaxy clusters, thanks to clouds of gas that were …

Phones and wifi block our view of our place in the universe

This is a Hubble image of the spiral galaxy M100. This spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices is about 56 million light-years away. It has a supermassive black hole at its center (and several small black holes in its spiral arms). Black holes help astronomers find our place in the universe. Image via NASA/ ESA and Judy Schmidt. We are reliant on satellite services for modern life. We use them for communication, banking, navigation and so much more. In…

James Webb Uncovers the Most Detailed Dark Matter Map in the Bullet Cluster

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided groundbreaking insights into the Bullet Cluster, a cosmic collision zone located 3.8 billion light-years from Earth. The JWST’s enhanced imaging capabilities have offered the most detailed and precise map of dark matter ever captured, shedding light on its elusive nature in this unique cosmic environment. This discovery, detailed in a recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, reve…