A cosmic deep dive like never before… ✨
This stunning image from esawebb revisits the iconic hubbleesa Ultra Deep Field – but through Webb’s mid- and near-infrared eyes. The result? One of the deepest views of the Universe ever captured.
Taken over nearly 100 hours, this small patch of sky – known as the Mid-Infrared Instrument Deep Imaging Survey (MIDIS) region – contains more than 2500 distant galaxies. Some date back to the dawn of cosmic time, revealing what the Universe looked like just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
Orange and red galaxies are dusty or actively forming stars. Greenish-white ones? They’re incredibly far away. And those in blue and cyan shine brightest in near-infrared light.
By peering this deep, Webb lets astronomers study how galaxies grow and evolve, and even spot the ones that would have been invisible to earlier telescopes.
Swipe through to explore this record-breaking image and take a closer look at some of the Universe’s most ancient ...