{"id":392363,"date":"2026-03-24T02:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=8507eb7fc1babae8e5ff4e211baa130a"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:32:17","slug":"nasas-hubble-webb-telescopes-survey-pinwheel-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=392363","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A close-up view shows a galaxy\u2019s bright, yellow center, surrounded by patches of glowing orange-brown dust and pink stars.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg 3029w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=768,534 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=1024,713 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=1536,1069 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=2048,1425 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=400,278 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=600,418 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=900,626 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=1200,835 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/55150964901-45196b40b6-o.jpg?resize=2000,1392 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA, CSA, ESA, D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts &#8211; Amherst), C. Clark (Space Telescope Science Institute &#8211; ESA &#8211; JWST), K. Kuntz (The John Hopkins University), and B. Shappee (University of Hawaii); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA\/Catholic University of America)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This March 16, 2026, image from NASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light-years away, M101 is one of the closest \u201cface-on\u201d spiral galaxies to us. With that in mind, Hubble\u2019s ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared data were taken as part of studies to find out more about its stellar population and galactic structure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/hubble-news\/hubble-social-media\/hubbles-messier-marathon-2026\/\" rel=\"noopener\">See more images from Hubble&#8217;s Messier Marathon 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts &#8211; Amherst), C. Clark (Space Telescope Science Institute &#8211; ESA &#8211; JWST), K. Kuntz (The John Hopkins University), and B. Shappee (University of Hawaii); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA\/Catholic University of America)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This March 16, 2026, image from NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light-years away, M101 is one of the closest \u201cface-on\u201d spiral galaxies to us. With that in mind, Hubble\u2019s ultraviolet, visible, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392365,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392363\/revisions\/392365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}