Webb was able to pierce the galaxies' dusty veil.
, which specializes in detecting optical light . But because IC 1623 is wrapped in a thick shield of dust, astronomers had not been able to peer deeper inside the galaxies to see the forming stars. The pair of merging galaxies known as IC 1623 photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
When compared to an earlier image of IC 1623 by Hubble, Webb's view reveals a completely new layer in the merging galaxies' structure, which is depicted as the central lump of bright red and orange material in the image. The earlier image of the merging galactic pair taken by the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a much duller formation.
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