{"id":612210,"date":"2026-07-30T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/612210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:36:14","slug":"starburst-galaxy-centaurus-a-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/612210\/","title":{"rendered":"Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A &#8211; NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/webb\/nasa-webb-uncovers-unusual-galaxy-shaped-by-cosmic-collision\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Centaurus A<\/a>, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Centaurus A is 11 million light-years away from Earth, relatively close in cosmic terms. Yet, unlike most nearby galaxies, it is very active, making it a powerful laboratory for understanding how galaxies and black holes grow and evolve together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/webb\/centaurus-a-miri-image\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the galaxy through an interactive map.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Macarena Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[270],"tags":[18,3094,19,17,133,451],"class_list":["post-612210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-eire","tag-galaxies","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117010614734483128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}