"Jaw-Dropping Webb Images Reveal Whirlpool Galaxy's Beauty"

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new infrared images of the Whirlpool galaxy, a grand-design spiral galaxy located 27 million light-years from Earth. The images reveal intricate details of the galaxy's spiral arms, warm dust regions, ionized gas, and bright knots of material. The composite image, a combination of near-infrared and mid-infrared images, showcases the beauty of the Whirlpool galaxy. These images are part of the Feedback in Emerging extrAgalactic Star clusTers (FEAST) project, which studies star formation and stellar feedback in galaxies outside of the Milky Way. The observations provide insights into the formation of new stars, the pollution of metallic elements, and the creation of new planets.