The Cartwheel galaxy seen in all its glory by the James Webb Space Telescope
An image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Cartwheel galaxy in greater detail than those obtained in the past with other telescopes. A combination of Webb’s NIRCam and MIR instruments allowed the identification of individual stars and star-forming regions while also offering new insights into the behavior of the supermassive black hole within this peculiar galaxy. This is a new help in the study of the changes taking place in what is most likely the consequence of a collision between two different galaxies with a transformation still taking place.
