Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron viewed a new Webb image during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron viewed the new Webb image, along with a new composite of the Pillars of Creation captured by the space observatory, during a visit to NASA Headquarters in Washington on Wednesday.
Luminous infrared galaxies Bright regions where stars are born glow at the center of the image, while the spiral arms of the lower galaxy are twisted by the gravitational pull of the merger. Stars form when clouds of gas and dust collapse inside of galaxies. When galaxies merge, more star formation is triggered — and astronomers want to know why. The luminous areas of star birth are of interest to astronomers using Webb because they appear even brighter when viewed in infrared light.
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