With a black hole at its center, Webb has captured a stunningly detailed image of the Sombrero Galaxy (photo, video).

The James Webb Telescope has been regularly sending images of nearby and distant objects in space since its launch. The most recent image is a photograph of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104.

The photo shows that compared to the previous image taken by the Hubble Telescope, the galaxy appears somewhat different – the level of detail achieved is due to the imaging in the mid-infrared spectrum. The characteristic glowing core visible in images taken in visible light is not illuminated, revealing a smooth inner disk instead.

The Sombrero Galaxy is located in the Virgo constellation, 28 million light-years from Earth. This spiral galaxy is roughly three times smaller than the Milky Way.

At the center of the galaxy lies a supermassive black hole with a mass equivalent to 9 billion suns. The details of the galaxy's outer ring are significant — here, scientists observed intricate clumps for the first time, and the nature of the stardust, which serves as the primary building material for astronomical objects in the Universe, may indicate the presence of young star-forming regions.

Previously, "Telegraph" reported on a rare optical phenomenon captured in the highlands of the Carpathians — the Brocken Spectre. This phenomenon has been observed in the Carpathians before.