{"id":3926825,"date":"2026-07-06T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/webb-uncovers-dust-shrouded-heart-of-centaurus-a-after-galaxy-clash-2-billion-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:02:12","slug":"webb-uncovers-dust-shrouded-heart-of-centaurus-a-after-galaxy-clash-2-billion-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/webb-uncovers-dust-shrouded-heart-of-centaurus-a-after-galaxy-clash-2-billion-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb uncovers dust-shrouded heart of Centaurus A after galaxy clash 2 billion years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In new images from NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer and far more complex than ever seen before. Webb&#8217;s unprecedented sensitivity across near- and mid-infrared wavelengths cuts through the thick lanes of dust that obscure Centaurus A&#8217;s center in visible light, showing a densely packed tapestry of individual stars and an active, ever-changing galaxy. These images mark four years of better-than-anticipated performance and successful science operations for the most powerful space telescope in history.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-07-webb-uncovers-shrouded-heart-centaurus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In new images from NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer and far more complex than ever seen before. Webb&#8217;s unprecedented sensitivity across near- and mid-infrared wavelengths cuts through the thick lanes of dust that obscure Centaurus A&#8217;s center in visible light, showing [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3926825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3926825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3926825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3926825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3926825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3926825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}