A new image of the galaxy cluster known as “El Gordo” is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science. The infrared image, taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, displays a variety of unusual, distorted background galaxies that were only hinted at in previous Hubble Space Telescope images.
Webb Spotlights Gravitational Arcs in ‘El Gordo’ Galaxy Cluster
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photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 3y
Woah! That's a massive amount of lensed galaxies. Just goes to show that the deeper we dig, the more we find.
Benjamin_Kenobi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Hopefully they keep digging and finding even more cool things!
Ginjutsu@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
So freaking cool. Wonder how far away that loooooong stretched boy is.
Benjamin_Kenobi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
It took 11 billion years for stretched boy's light to reach us. That amount of time staggers me!