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A pinkish spiral galaxy.
A pinkish spiral galaxy. Image: NASA/STScI/CEERS/TACC/S. Finkelstein/M. Bagley/Z. Levay

The rosy pink galaxy imaged here is at z=0.7, or nearly 10 billion light-years away. Yet the Webb Space Telescope’s resolution is able to distinguish bright spots within the galaxy and the form of its spiraled arms. It’s a testament to the telescope’s terrific optics.

The pale blue galaxies above, and the spiral galaxy below, in one of the NIRCam images.
The pale blue galaxies above, and the spiral galaxy below, in one of the NIRCam images. Image: : NASA/STScI/CEERS/TACC/S. Finkelstein/M. Bagley/Z. Levay

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