Deep Sky

• Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

  Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)

  Webb's first deep field — the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 — the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant universe at the time of its release.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
• Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)

  Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula

  The 'Cosmic Cliffs' — the edge of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula, revealed by Webb in infrared.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
• Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132)

  The Southern Ring Nebula

  The Southern Ring Nebula — a planetary nebula of gas shed by a dying star — shown in two Webb infrared views.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
• Stephan's Quintet (galaxy group)

  Stephan's Quintet

  Stephan's Quintet — a compact group of galaxies, four of which are locked in a cosmic dance.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
• Sagittarius A* — the Milky Way's central black hole

  Sagittarius A* — The Milky Way's Black Hole

  The Event Horizon Telescope's 2022 image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Galaxy.

  CC BY 4.0Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
• M87* — supermassive black hole in Messier 87

  The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)

  The first image of a black hole: the shadow of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy M87, released in 2019.

  CC BY 4.0Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
• Crab Nebula (Messier 1)

  The Crab Nebula (M1)

  The Crab Nebula — the expanding remnant of a supernova recorded by astronomers in 1054.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, STScI
• Hubble Ultra Deep Field

  The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

  The Hubble Ultra Deep Field — around ten thousand galaxies in a patch of sky a tenth the width of the full Moon.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, and STScI
• Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104)

  The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

  The Sombrero Galaxy — an edge-on spiral with a brilliant nucleus and a prominent dust lane.

  Public DomainNASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
• Eagle Nebula (Messier 16)

  Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

  The 'Pillars of Creation' — towers of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, one of Hubble's most iconic images.

  Public DomainNASA, ESA, STScI
• The Milky Way

  The Milky Way over Paranal

  The Milky Way arching over ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile — one of the darkest skies on Earth.

  CC BY 4.0ESO

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