Webb Studies Star Clusters
22 May 2026, 18:23 GMT
By HQ Web Team
Topic: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-studies-star-clusters/
This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). M51 is one of four nearby galaxies observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a study of nearly 9,000 star clusters. Data from the study shows that more massive star clusters emerge more