{"id":2762,"date":"2026-05-08T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:31:54","slug":"spiral-galaxys-brilliant-heart-shines-bright-in-a-new-picture-from-nasas-webb-telescope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"Spiral galaxy\u2019s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA\u2019s Webb telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By MARCIA DUNN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A spiral galaxy\u2019s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA\u2019s Webb Space Telescope.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2760\">Four people convicted of conspiracy in US trial tied to 2021 assassination of Haiti\u2019s president<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years away in the Cetus, or whale, constellation. A light year is about 6 trillion miles.<\/p>\n<p>The galaxy\u2019s active nucleus is powered by a supermassive black hole that\u2019s 8 million times more massive than the sun. Surrounding gas is sucked into a tight orbit around the black hole, becoming so hot that it radiates in the extreme. 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The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2756\">Capistrano Valley Christian\u2019s Benjamin Makelela ready for next step in football journey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spiral galaxy\u2019s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA\u2019s Webb telescope - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2762\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spiral galaxy\u2019s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA\u2019s Webb telescope - 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