Webb Telescope captures details of Phantom Galaxy and its 100 billion stars
Webb Telescope captures details of Phantom Galaxy and its 100 billion stars

This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy.

Webb’s sharp vision has revealed delicate filaments of gas and dust in the grandiose spiral arms which wind outwards from the center of this image.

A lack of gas in the nuclear region also provides an unobscured view of the nuclear star cluster at the galaxy's center.