Grids of gas and dust near galaxies

New notes James Webb Space Telescope They reveal with unprecedented precision the formation of stars, gas and dust in the universe, providing new insight into some of the processes that occur on small scales, for example, how star formation affects the largest objects in the universe, galaxies.

Specifically, thanks to iMedium infrared web device -MIRI -eHis team is studying a diverse sample of 19 spiral galaxies, and the results are already surprising astronomers.

Thus, the latest JWST notes It reveals a highly organized network of cavernous gas bubbles and glowing cavities of dust lining the galaxies’ spiral arms.

The high-resolution images needed to study these structures eluded astronomers for a long time, that is, until Webb came on the scene to put the remaining pieces of the puzzle together. Now, however, studying these small interactions could help provide valuable new information about how galaxies have evolved over time.