The $10 billion observatory didn’t collect many images in December, due to a now-resolved software issue.
equivalent of a holiday card: an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, which bears a resemblance to a wreath. The galaxy is 220 million light-years awaylooks distinctly serene in Webb’s eye. Sharp diffraction spikes spread from the galactic center, where a supermassive black hole resides.
Besides seeing known objects in new ways, Webb has imaged light from the earliest corners of the universe, light whichancient light sources—the earliest stars and galaxies—to understand how those objects emerged and evolved in deep time.could avoid safe mode, for the sake of science. But better safe than sorry, and now that the telescope is back to business,
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