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Phantom Galaxy

An image of the Phantom Galaxy including Hubble and Webb data.
An image of the Phantom Galaxy including Hubble and Webb data. Image: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team; ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Chandar Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt

This shot of the Phantom Galaxy look’s a bit like God’s toilet after a flush. I write that with the utmost respect. The spiral galaxy is a dizzying swirl of gas clouds, dust, and star forming regions in Messier 74.

The image of the 13-billion-year-old galaxy combines data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb. The combined image was released in August 2022.

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