The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the Cartwheel Galaxy in vivid pinks

By Jacinta Bowler
Updated August 5 2022 - 9:57am, first published 9:29am
A large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with with a small, inner oval, with dusty blue in between on the right, with two smaller spiral galaxies about the same size to the left against a black background. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
A large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with with a small, inner oval, with dusty blue in between on the right, with two smaller spiral galaxies about the same size to the left against a black background. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

A lenticular galaxy 500 million light years away has just been papped by everyone's new favourite space telescope, and it looks incredible.

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