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The University of Wyoming has announced that a UW astronomer is part of a multinational team of researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to get a first look at star formation, gas and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. According to UW Directo

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution, giving reserachers a first look at star formation.

Studying these interactions at the finest scale can help provide insights into the larger picture of how galaxies have evolved over time

The James Webb Space Telescope spied the arms of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1433 teeming with young stars that are affecting the clouds of gas and dust around them.

Peering through obscuring clouds of dust, the MIRI instrument has revealed networks of giant cavities and blown-out bubbles in the gaseous arms of distant galaxies.

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

The spiral galaxy Messier 99 got the star treatment from two European Southern Observatory instruments.

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

"Grand design" spiral galaxy shows the power of JWSTs sharp new infrared observations.