Hats off to you! This new infrared image from NASAWebb shows off bespoke details in the Sombrero galaxy, a hat-like formation around 30 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo. When previously imaged by NASAHubble in visible light, the core of the galaxy shone bright, obscuring the inner disk, but here, we can see that the inner disk is smooth. Webb’s new view also reveals that the outer ring is made of intricate clumps of dust. Researchers say the clumpy nature of the dust can indicate the presence of young star-forming regions. We usually feature rather turbulent parts of the universe, but the Sombrero galaxy is rather peaceful in comparison. It’s not particularly active in terms of star creation: it produces less than one solar mass of stars per year, in comparison to the Milky Way’s roughly two solar masses a year. Even the supermassive black hole at the center of the Sombrero galaxy is rather docile. It’s classified as a low luminosity active galactic nuc...