Every light means a galaxy: thousands of galaxies were viewed in a single frame

At first glance, the picture that causes the feeling of looking at the stars in the night sky are not the stars, but galaxies of different sizes and shapes.

These galaxies open a window to the past in the 13.8 billion -year -year -year -old bar since the universe was formed.

In the picture, only a few stars in the foreground can be differentiated by the characteristic light (radiation durns) of the telescope. All other light sources belong to galaxies.

6.5 billion years old light

A group of galaxies in the golden yellow tones in the area near the center of the picture stands out. The light of this group has traveled around 6.5 billion years to reach the earth.

When we look at these galaxies, we see the universe for almost half a year.

The cosmic network of the universe lies in front of the eyes

The data obtained by JWST was collected as part of the international research project Cosmos-Web, which examines the structure of the universe. This project aims to understand the formation of galaxy clusters and the distribution in the universe.

It is known that galaxies in the universe are not randomly distributed, but form clusters that are connected by an invisible dark matter and a hydrogen network.

The images in combination with the data of the Chandra X-ray observatory show that the cluster is the largest galaxy group within this framework.

1,678 Galaxy Group identified

The research team under the direction of the astrophysicist Greta Toni of the University of Bologna only discovered 1,678 different galaxy groups in this small sky. These are not individual galaxies; Everyone means huge structures that contain hundreds of galaxies.

In addition, this region is not a special place in heaven. According to experts, it is assumed that every other part of the sky can be seen with the same sensitivity, and thousands of galaxies can be seen.

A memory of cosmic loneliness

Astronomers emphasize that such pictures have a striking effect to remember our place and our scale in the universe. Full solution visuals published on the ESA website can be downloaded for those who want to remember our modest position against the size of the universe.