NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy

This March 16, 2026 image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light years away, M101 is one of the closest spiral galaxies to us. With this in mind, Hubble’s ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared data have been collected as part of studies aimed at learning more about its stellar population and galactic structure.

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Image credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts – Amherst), C. Clark (Space Telescope Science Institute – ESA – JWST), K. Kuntz (John Hopkins University) and B. Shappee (University of Hawaii); Treatment: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)