James Webb image shows the bright glowing heart of a galaxy

A new image of space from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bright heart-shaped object.

A new image of a galaxy is located 220 million light years away in the constellation of Pegasus. It is a spiral galaxy that is positioned in a way that makes it appear to us. You can see more distant galaxies in the background as well as a companion galaxy which is visible to the left of the image.

The AGN is a bright red star that is visible from the center of the galaxy. As dust swirls around the black hole at the center of the universe, it gives off heat and light.

There is a striking six-pointed star that is perfectly aligned with the center of the picture. This is not a real object, but an artifact caused by the AGN. The light bends around the telescope's sharp edges and causes diffraction spikes. The hexagonal segments of the mirror give six bright spikes. There are two shorter, fainter spikes that are created by the vertical struts that support the mirror.

Three instruments were used to study this region: the Near-Infrared Camera, the Mid-Infrared Instrument, and the Near-Infrared Spectrograph. The AGN is close to a region where stars are forming quickly.

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