Saturn II Square Thousands of galaxies containing billions

Thousands of galaxies containing billions and billions of stars – including the most distant objects ever observed – are revealed in the Webb's view for the very first time

Time-sequenced images have recently shown that spicules last about five minutes

where young stars reside

The image were taken in October and November 2004

Credit for Hubble Image: NASA

Saturn II Square Thousands of galaxies containing billionsOf the countless equinoxes Saturn has seen since the birth of the solar system, this one, captured here in a mosaic of light and dark, is the first witnessed up close by an emissary from Earth none other than our faithful robotic explorer, Cassini. Seen from our planet, the view of Saturn's rings during equinox is extremely foreshortened and limited. But in orbit around Saturn, Cassini had no such problems. From 20 degrees above the ring plane,