James Webb Telescope Show the Bones of a Distant Galaxy

By Aahil October 04, 2022

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[{"selector":"#anim-7e00ab40-fe06-4cbc-8332-fc316cf88c11","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a71488d4-10e4-4ce2-a278-e207f9536aa3","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 216.30828%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e98406bb-957b-41fc-ac4a-320e58251c65 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(44.55859341358369%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] The size of our Milky Way is a 66,000 light-year-wide galaxy, however Hubble is not able to see in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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