Pan video: M82 (Webb and Hubble image)
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. Webb’s near-infrared-light view is a snapshot in time, revealing a scene that has been evolving over a couple hundred million years. In near-infrared light, astronomers can see the galaxy’s distended disc structure and millions of individual stars — approximately 16.5 million — for the first time.
Learn more about this image here.
Credit:NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Smercina (STScI), T. Williams (University of Manchester), A. Pagan (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Music: Stellardrone - Twilight
About the Video
| Id: | weic2612a | |
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| Release date: | 23 June 2026, 16:00 | |
| Related releases: | weic2612 | |
| Duration: | 30 s | |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps | |
