Webb Telescope Reveals Galactic Collision History in Centaurus A

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Published: 2026-07-06
Category: science
Source: NASA
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New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, released for its fourth science anniversary, have provided unprecedented views of the Centaurus A galaxy. Webb's infrared capabilities penetrated dense dust, exposing millions of individual stars, gas movement near a supermassive black hole, and evidence of a major galactic collision from two billion years ago.

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