Webb Telescope Captures Light From a Spiral Galaxy Dating Back to the T. rex Era
The James Webb Space Telescope imaged spiral galaxy NGC 5134, about 65 million light-years away, using its mid-infrared and near-infrared instruments to reveal dusty star-forming regions and embedded star clusters. The collected light dates from roughly the time the Tyrannosaurus rex was alive, offering a detailed view of nearby galaxies to inform understanding of distant systems. The image suggests active galactic nucleus activity may be present and illustrates the ongoing gas-star formation cycle shaping galaxies, as part NASA/ESA/CSA’s program to study nearby star-forming galaxies across multiple wavelengths.
