James Webb Space Telescope Captures Detailed Images of 19 Spiral Galaxies

The images, part of the PHANGS program, reveal galaxies in unprecedented detail and will fuel astronomical research for years to come.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured detailed images of 19 spiral galaxies as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program.
The images reveal the galaxies in infrared light, showing the galactic arms, dense cores, and the locations of supermassive black holes.
The JWST's imaging capabilities exceed those of the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing more details and different aspects of the galaxies.
Several of the galaxies imaged have peculiarities, such as NGC 4254 which forms stars three times as fast as similar galaxies, possibly due to interaction with another galaxy.
The data from the JWST will fuel astronomical research for years to come, with the PHANGS program providing a catalogue of about 100,000 star clusters.