M74 shines at its brightest in this combined optical/mid-infrared image, featuring data from both the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J.
Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; ESA/Hub NASA and the European Space Agency shared an image of the Phantom Galaxy M74, capturing its heart.
The image, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, shows the grand design spiral's arms extending outwards from the middle of the image, with a lack of gas in the nuclear region providing a clear view of the nuclear star cluster at its center.Around 32 million light-years away from Earth, the galaxy lies in the constellation Pisces.
The Webb Telescope captured M74 with its Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), with researchers aiming to learn more about the earliest phases of star formation in the local universe. NASA TO TRY LAUNCHING ARTEMIS I MOON ROCKET AGAIN ON SATURDAY, PENDING WEATHERThis image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J.