Webb telescope exposes secrets of a famous cosmic metropolis

Galaxies may not need to crash and smash into each other as much as previously thought to spawn new galaxies, according to two new scientific studies. Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope, the leading infrared observatory in space, to peer into the murk around the Spiderweb protocluster, a famous metropolis of galaxies in the universe, to study what it takes to form these complex cosmic neighborhoods. Webb is a partnership between NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts.&