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The deep field

Every number here is a point of light.

The universe is the oldest data set there is. These are real images, credited to the people who made them.

Thousands of galaxies in Webb's first deep field, bent into arcs by a foreground galaxy cluster
Webb's First Deep Field (NIRCam)
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI. Licence and source
The Tarantula Nebula in infrared, glowing filaments of gas and dust around young stars
Tarantula Nebula (NIRCam)
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI. Licence and source
The Cosmic Cliffs, a glowing amber wall of gas along the edge of a star-forming cavity in the Carina Nebula
"Cosmic Cliffs" in Carina (NIRCam)
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI. Licence and source
Webb's star-filled view of the Pillars of Creation, towers of gas and dust threaded with red dots of new stars
Pillars of Creation (Webb, full view)
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI). Licence and source
Hubble's visible-light portrait of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula
New view of the Pillars of Creation (visible)
Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team. Licence and source
The Bubble Nebula, a glowing shell of gas blown by a massive star
The Bubble Nebula
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team. Licence and source
The Whirlpool Galaxy, a spiral galaxy with sweeping arms, interacting with a smaller companion
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and companion galaxy
Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Licence and source
Messier 77, a spiral galaxy with an active black hole at its core
Hubble image of Messier 77
Credit: NASA, ESA & A. van der Hoeven. Licence and source
Artist's illustration of a black hole with a glowing accretion disk and a jet of hot gas
Black Hole With Jet (artist's concept)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Licence and source
Infrared view of the dense star field at the centre of the Milky Way, home of the central black hole
Stars Gather in Downtown Milky Way
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Licence and source
A vast sculpted area of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born, seen by Hubble
Doradus Nebula
Credit: NASA, N. Walborn and J. Maiz-Apellaniz (Space Telescope Science Institute), R. Barba (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina). Licence and source
The Crab Nebula, an exploded star with a web of glowing filaments
Most Detailed Image of the Crab Nebula
Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL/Arizona State Univ.. Licence and source
The Andromeda galaxy in ultraviolet light, rings of young blue stars around a golden core
Andromeda Galaxy (GALEX)
Credit: NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology. Licence and source
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