NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully (nasa.gov) 56 points by cjnicholls 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] politelemon 4y ago ↗ The image is so fascinating, the way there are 'casually' so many galaxies visible.https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/te...Zoom in and you can see some of the swirls of the galaxies. And I think there are two galaxies merging as well.
[–] _yoqn 4y ago ↗ I wonder how big the star in the image actually is without the glare and if Webb would be able to capture direct images of exoplanets. That would be truly astonishing.
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Zoom in and you can see some of the swirls of the galaxies. And I think there are two galaxies merging as well.