A new picture of the Sombrero galaxy, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, revealed a perspective that appears different from the broad-brimmed Mexican hat after which it was named.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Looking at the Hubble Space Telescope’s famous image of the Sombrero Galaxy, it’s pretty clear why said galaxy was named after the Mexican broad-brimmed hat. Now ...
A brand new image snapped by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals the intricate details of the core of the distant "Sombrero Galaxy." This galaxy, officially known as Messier 104 (M104 ...
Hubble (Visible) , Hubble’s view of the Sombrero galaxy. In this view, the galaxy is an oblong, pale white disk with a glowing core over the inner disk. The outer disk is darker and clumpy. Webb (MIRI ...
In contrast, the Milky Way is responsible for creating about two solar masses a year, according to NASA.The supermassive black hole at the center of the Sombrero galaxy is also less active than ...
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A new image of the Sombrero galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has astronomers taking their hats off in place of a cosmic bullseye. The galaxy, known as Messier 104 (M104), was ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a surprising new view of a long-studied galactic neighbor, the Sombrero galaxy, revealing a perspective that looks quite different from the wide-brimmed ...
Most of Webb's time is spent looking for the previously unknown, but sometimes astronomers turn it toward iconic objects like the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier 104. Webb can glean new ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise — and reveals clumps of dust in a mottled ...