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Scientists in awe of detail in telescope photos IMAGE SOURCE, NASA Image caption, The gas and dust stand out in stark shades of orange and red, thanks to JWST's infrared instruments Qevin Angok QeA News Published 1 February 2024 Highly detailed images of 19 spiral galaxies have been released by Nasa. They were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and are being analysed by scientists from the University of Oxford. The telescope was launched into orbit two years ago and is fitted with highly sensitive instruments that allow it to view older and more distant objects than Hubble. The university said the "extraordinary images will provide several new puzzle pieces for astronomers and astrophysicists around the world". IMAGE SOURCE, NASA Image caption, The telescope captured millions of stars in the images, with older stars appearing blue and clustered at the galaxies’ cores Thomas Williams, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford's physics dep...