Webb spent three days photographing one beautiful galactic mess

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new portrait of the Cigar Galaxy—a cosmic maelstrom of dust, gas, and furious star-making. According to Boing Boing, Webb spent nearly three days training its infrared eye on this beautiful mess, producing a two hundred twenty-three megapixel image. The result combines Webb's ability to peer through cosmic dust with Hubble's visible-light observations of glowing gas and dusty structure, revealing millions of stars hidden within the chaos.

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