Nueva imagen del telescopio de la NASA

El telescopio James Webb reveló una nueva imagen del espacio: la Galaxia Cartwheel, a 500 millones de años luz. ¿Qué se sabe sobre el nuevo descubrimiento de la NASA?

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El telescopio, que logró asombrar al mundo, reveló un nuevo misterio espacial: una Galaxia ubicada a años luz de la Tierra en la constelación de Sculptor. Los expertos la catalogan como “sin precedentes”.

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“Su apariencia, parecida a la de la rueda de un carro, es el resultado de un evento intenso: una colisión a alta velocidad entre una gran galaxia espiral y una más pequeña”, explicaron desde la NASA.

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Además, resaltaron que en la imagen se revelaron “nuevos detalles sobre la formación de estrellas y el agujero negro central de la galaxia”.

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La poderosa mirada infrarroja de Webb produjo una imagen detallada de Cartwheel y dos galaxias compañeras más pequeñas contra un telón de fondo de muchas otras.

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“La imagen proporciona una nueva vista de cómo ha cambiado la Galaxia Cartwheel durante miles de millones de años”, agregaron los expertos que calificaron a las fotos con “una claridad sin precedentes”.

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Además, revelaron que las regiones dentro de la galaxia son ricas en hidrocarburos y otros compuestos químicos como silicato, presente en gran parte del polvo en la Tierra.

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