With help from the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists are peering deep into the universe and uncovering secrets that were previously hidden from visible and X-ray telescopes. The JWST advanced deep extragalactic survey (JADES) utilized Webb’s incredible deep-field surveying abilities to create a deep field that shows over 45,000 galaxies and uncovers some of the secrets of the early universe.
Another team took advantage of Webb’s immense sensitivity to infrared light to peer behind the thick dust within the bars of a barred spiral galaxy. Behind the dust within the galaxy’s bars were hundreds of gas bubbles where young, hot stars are forming and growing.