NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured this stellar image of Messier 104 (M104), better known as the Sombrero galaxy. Located 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero galaxy was discovered in 1781 but given the nickname later due to its bright nucleus and symmetrical ring of dust clouds. …
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