DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane TRAVELING INSIDE THE MILKY WAY Source: NASA The James Webb Space Telescope has captured unprecedented images inside the heart of the Milky Way. The world's most technologically advanced space telescope is chasing new scientific discoveries that could help define the origins of the universe. Here are some key facts: There are more than 500,000 stars captured in the top image The bright areas of the picture contain surprising emissions from ionized hydrogen The telescope used infrared light to take never-seen-before images that NASA just released NASA has focused Webb on the Sagittarius C region of the Milky Way, w hich is a very active area of star formation These megastars have a core that functions like a nuclear reactor and produce heavy elements Bottomline: the Milky Way images are spectacular and the innovative discoveries from them may