it bears an uncanny resemblance to a sombrero hat, with its wide rim and bulging center. In this new image taken by JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which can peer through clouds of gas and ...

the Sombrero galaxy, revealing a perspective that looks quite different from the wide-brimmed Mexican hat for which it was named. Taken with the space observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument ...

Its bright center and the prominent, thick dust encircling its heart give it the appearance of a Mexican sombrero hat, hence its more charming nickname. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recent ...

New near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar ...

A new image of the Sombrero galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has astronomers taking their hats off in place of a cosmic bullseye. The galaxy, known as Messier 104 (M104), was ...

The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth, NASA said in a news release. The galaxy is surrounded by multiple rings, where stars ...