{"id":42319,"date":"2023-02-15T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=116165"},"modified":"2023-02-15T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:32:42","slug":"webb-telescopes-latest-deep-field-image-shows-galaxy-clusters-warping-spacetime","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/webb-telescopes-latest-deep-field-image-shows-galaxy-clusters-warping-spacetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb Telescope\u2019s latest deep-field image shows galaxy clusters warping spacetime"},"content":{"rendered":"

JWST view of Pandora’s Cluster shows a phenomenon called ‘gravitational lensing’, where the mass of galaxy clusters bends space and time. <\/p>

By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The latest deep-field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has been released.<\/p>\n

It shows a region in deep space known as Pandora\u2019s Cluster, or Abell 2744.<\/p>\n

See more of James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s latest images<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A James Webb Space Telescope image of Pandora\u2019s Cluster, showing gravitational lensing. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A. Pagan (STScI)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The new Webb image reveals the intricate structures of three galaxy clusters<\/a> \u2013 together forming a so-called \u2018megacluster\u2019 \u2013 in detail never seen before by astronomers.<\/p>\n

The image of Pandora\u2019s Cluster is actually a panoramic composed of four individual JWST images sewn together.<\/p>\n

It reveals 50,000 sources of near-infrared<\/a> light, as observed by the Webb Telescope\u2019s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument.<\/p>\n

Webb scientists captured the image as part of the Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam ObserVations before the Epoch of Reionization (UNCOVER)<\/a> programme.<\/p>\n