The US space agency (NASA) published on its website, on Wednesday, the latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing for the first time details of an area in space known as the Pandora Cluster (Abell 2744).
The image, which is actually made up of 4 different shots, shows 3 groups of massive galaxies, all of which form a supercluster.
And “NASA” pointed out that the reason for the appearance of some galaxies distorted and in red color is due to the fact that “the mass and gravity of the giant cluster in the foreground distorts the distant galaxies in the back.”
According to the agency, the previous images taken by the Hubble telescope allowed scientists to study the nucleus of this cluster, but the new snapshots presented by “James Webb” give a detailed picture, containing a huge amount of information that may take years to study, which “may open new horizons in studies about the universe.” and the evolution of galaxies.”
“When I first saw the images of the Pandora cluster, we were amazed. There were so many details and so many galaxies, and we were drowned in the images,” Rachel Besanson, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, told NASA. “James Webb exceeded our expectations.”
While astronomer from Swinburne University of Technology, Australian Ivo Labe, said the images “revealed hundreds of distant galaxies.” He pointed out that “Web images are better, wider and deeper than previous images,” adding, “We have entered a new era for astronomy.”
The James Webb telescope, which is the most powerful of its kind ever, was launched into space via an Ariane 5 rocket, and entered service in July 2022. To date, it has been able to collect a large amount of data and take amazing pictures.
James Webb is located at a distance of about 1.5 million km from the planet Earth, and it is equipped with an amount of fuel that allows it to operate over a period of 20 years.