Hickson Compact Group 40 © Hubble

A cosmic draw by europeanspaceagency

Stardust in Cepheus © RonanHunt88  

Yes, you are seeing double! A James Webb Space Telescope infrared image is at top left and visible light image from Hubble at bottom right. The resolution is the same—but each show off the gas, dust, and stars in various detail. Explainer: https://webbtelescope.pub/3WCQFSx

Hubble on Its Way by NASA Hubble

Traveling the Milky Way © cosmic_background

Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Galaxies

Unimaginably huge collections of gas, dust, stars, and even planets, galaxies come in many shapes and sizes. Some are spirals, such as our own galaxy, others are like squashed balls, and some have no shape at all.

From the book Knowledge Encyclopedia Science! (DK)

The remnants of the aurora-creating sunspots // DWS 23

James Webb found a space penguin!!!

Look at the space penguin!

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-124