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JWST and Hubble unite to create one of the most comprehensive views of the Universe ever

JWST and Hubble unite to create one of the most comprehensive views of the Universe ever
JWST and Hubble unite to create one of the most comprehensive views of the Universe ever What's better than one of Earth's most powerful telescopes? Two. The James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope joined forces, combining their infrared and visible light capabilities to study MACS0416, a pair of colliding galaxy clusters located 4.3 billion light-years from Earth. This cluster is anticipated to evolve into an even larger cluster in the future. The colors convey distance information: blue hues, captured by Hubble, indicate close proximity and active star formation, while redder tones, better detected by Webb, suggest greater distance. Some galaxies appear intensely red due to abundant cosmic dust absorbing bluer starlight. NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. Diego (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain) / J. D’Silva (U. Western Australia) / A. Koekemoer (STScI) / J. Summers & R. Windhorst (ASU) / H. Yan (U. Missouri)