JWST Uncovers Mysteries of the Famous Sombrero Galaxy

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Does light we're moving towards . Is it seemly moving faster

[@Joao_133]

is there an upcoming episode about the drilling into the magma chamber of a vulcano in iceland for study and energy production?

[@fishmcfly7070]

hi anton

[@BradyHansen81]

JWST is the gift that keeps on giving

[@costrio]

The original black & white photos of the Sombrero Galaxy when I was a kid, really looked like a sombrero -- more so than today, I think. Tip of the sombrero to Anton.

[@Amipotsophspond]

I had a picture of the sombrero galaxy pinned on my wall when I was a kid, and it was my favorite galaxy at the time. it was just so inspiring, like reading a syfy book in 1 picture format.

[@Tugela60]

But then you heard Trump speak and became a MAGA person, so the picture came down. 😢

[@nilsber.]

​@@Tugela60 You are chronically online

[@samuilzaychev9636]

@@Tugela60 who even said that???

[@Tugela60]

@@nilsber. Are you a MAGA person?

[@nilsber.]

@@Tugela60 Thanks for proving my point! Greatly appreciated I am not a person like you!

[@andrewepp6763]

Awesome pictures, JWST winning again! Thank you Anton!

[@johnmajewski1065]

Wow, for me this is a stunning surprise as the sombrero Galaxy for decades was my favorite , I never for a moment thought it was a ring Galaxy!

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This is one channel where a title like this isn't click bait.

[@benjamind.collette6468]

That's because Anton is a real one!!! In other words a Giga chad, supreme wizard/scholar*

[@ro4eva]

@@benjamind.collette6468 -- Aye, I love Anton for his contributions to KZbin. When his infant son passed away, I wished I could reach through my screen and give him a hug. No parent should have to bury their child(ren).

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

Happy thanksgiving, wonderful Anton! Im thankful for you and all the hard work you do to brighten each and every one of our days!

[@yomogami4561]

wow that's an amazing image anton can't wait for updates thanks for sharing

[@talkingmudcrab718]

Oh boy! My favorite galaxy! I just love how distinct the dust lanes are in this galaxy. Super stoked for this one.

[@MJXII]

It looks really cool, I hadn't seen it before I saw this video

[@CreativeArtandEnergy]

Dust lanes is a new concept - I’m fascinated to learn more. We are lucky for these updates. 🪐

[@richardshansky3040]

@@CreativeArtandEnergyThe Milky Way has dust lanes too

[@agncxrx]

Sombrero, Andromeda and Whirlpool are best ones

[@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon]

Oh boy???

[@miguelmorales9667]

Happy Thanksgiving, wonderful person, Anton

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[@stargazer5784]

Likewise. 👍

[@Theodore-tj4jo]

You did it again !! Took me at the end of the day to the ends of the galaxies ! The most awesome ride, traveling with the camera across the galaxies of the universe ! Love your graphics and info !

[@andyny29]

My favorite galaxy. Beautiful!😊

[@peggygilmour8905]

Although Sombrero galaxy is beautiful in photos, my favorite by far is The Milky Way, home sweet home.

[@Mklaww-w8p]

Great job as always Anton!

[@michaelhogan8091]

Love this! What will we know in another 100 years! If we're still here of course

[@JamaicaWhiteMan]

Low rate of star formation, so probably fewer supernovae. Could be a good place for life to survive for very long periods. Somewhere in that, someone might be looking back at us.

[@John-c4r1o]

31 million light years is a long way, anything looking at us wouldn't see any life of humans.

[@paulm749]

@@John-c4r1o It all depends on their power of resolution.

[@oberonpanopticon]

@@paulm749No, it doesn’t. They’d see our galaxy as it was 31 million years ago. Definitely wasn’t anything even close to human back then.

[@paulm749]

@@oberonpanopticon Then perhaps they would see evidence of pre-human life, just as we search for biomarkers in the chemical signature of exoplanets.

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 👍🫠

[@tomicthomas4059]

Love from India! ❤

[@camilleruggiero3098]

Of all the galaxies in the universe, the Sombrero is my favorite

[@croozerdog]

i love this channel, basic science youtubers don't scratch the itch anymore, I actually learn stuff here

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I like the comically small galactic bar in the centre with the James Webb image 😂

[@willhandy5345]

So informative. I’ve wondered about this galaxy for years, mostly guessing that it was a dusty, big-bulge spiral. Thanks as always for the information.

[@Sam-nv6ug]

Thankyou for the amazing videos. Me and my daughter love learning from you 😊 ❤

[@djdrack4681]

Its been often theorized that a White Hole would be very similar in appearance to a black hole: a un-naked singularity, an event horizon, and an accretion disk. Thing is no guarantee 'how' a WH would eject matter into our universe or from where. IT could be like wormhole in Interstellar, where it doesn't have poles (which BH's have). In which case, no equator, and it would eject matter in a 'uniform' sphere around it. Depending on its rotational velocity + rate of matter ejected (and its mass) would help to determine how the matter accretes around it. The singularity may not have poles/equator but it'd still have gravitational/EM poles...which would translate into the matter 1st forming a sphere, but accreting into a disk...and in this case being pushed outward by the ever-increasing amount of matter+space being ejected. The gaps in the disk would in this scenario indicate fluctuates in the matter/space ratio being ejected over time: high density = periods of lower space ejected, lower density = higher space ratio. Starburst regions would be in the outer ring because that would be a turbulence zone gravitationally. As some stars/globular clusters rotate around the WH they'd increase the density surrounding them (just like arms of a galaxy)...Not much matter would escape this 'wall'. Some evidence for it being a WH would be if extragalactic stars, dwarf galaxies, etc around the 'galaxy' are slowly being 'pushed away' (IE moving away) at similar rates. The entropic effects of a WH ejected both matter/space = entropy would be different around the 'galaxy' they're the center of... Hard to say about gauging the singularities 'mass'...Not knowing 'where' the mass inside it is coming from (parallel universe, higher dimension, ???) the observed mass could just be the matter accreting at the event horizon, forming a 'shell'....any mass further in being unmeasurable. It would be hard to observe this itself and distinguish matter leaving the Event Horizon (vs falling in for a BH)...as time dilation could distort observations and make both look quite similar in various spectrum. Its probably just a rare type of galaxy though, and not this... ;)

[@robscott333]

I like this idea!

[@malcolmt7883]

Why do you think it's strange when galaxy is inactive? Sombrero Galaxy is just taking a siesta.

[@Anonymous1337PenguinWin9xCIH]

You're always catching a cold :) thanks for the upload.

[@marknovak6498]

So the untramassive black hole in the Sombrero Galaxy is taking a siesta...nevermind

[@DrOtto-sx7cp]

😂

[@waspsandwich6548]

sombreros are Mexican, siestas are Spanish... IDK if that was the joke or

[@marknovak6498]

@@waspsandwich6548 troll

[@waspsandwich6548]

@marknovak6498 are you calling me a troll? We all just want to learn more about the universe swear I'm not trying to do any trolling here

[@sethprice241]

The Spanish brought siestas with them to Mexico.

[@andycordy5190]

Another example of why comparison works better than classification. Galaxy scale objects are so incredibly large as to be incomprehensible to most of us lay people it's obvious that the more we learn, the more diverse they appear and our simplistic type casting becomes redundant. My hope is that the in depth study of specific galaxies can help us to what we're missing in the chain of forces within them, between neighbouring galaxies and their relationship with filamental structures we see, with a broader overview of the expanding megastructure. Once again JWST to the rescue. As the anniversary of the terrifying launch and deployment process approaches, I sincerely hope that plans are advancing for what comes after this astonishing observatory. As I remember massive events in my history, the biggest human achievements in science and technology, helping us grow as a species, the growth of Astronomy, Astro-physics and space exploration have helped to counter the negative, even regressive traits in human societies. Thank you so much for disseminating this stuff. It's fantastically important to me, personally ❤

[@thabzmad7265]

The nice thing about not being a resident of that galaxy is that we get to have a view possibly millions of resident alien life forms in that galaxy can only dream off 😊

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Interesting...looking good,thanks Anton👍❤

[@BonsaiBlacksmith]

Mysteries within Mysteries- the Spacing Guild, probably

[@tinathelasttwenty1249]

I like the Stuffed Crust Pizza Galaxy 😁

[@Robert-z9g]

OH YES and where is THE SOMRBERO THERE MUST BE THE TEQUILA !🍾🍾🍾🍸🍸🍸🍷🍷🍷NASA must have a party when they was making this CGI.....

[@NancyRode-u9i]

🙋🏽‍♀️ anton everyday

[@markharwood7573]

Strange place! Thank you again, Anton.

[@aaron_d_henderson1984]

I'm pretty sure the past collisions explain all the observations. explaining how the past collisions were responsible for what we see might be tough to explain to most though. still an interesting galaxy.

[@Nethershaw]

The universe needs more hat-like objects.

[@dieterwtm8941]

It is just the beauty of this galaxy...

[@FROGGS01]

Hey Anton, you what would make for a nice video? You could explain what M123 etc stand for. Explaining the catalogs, the ppl starting them etc. Could be a kice video "out of the ordinary". Love your work.

[@kayrosis5523]

My hypothesis is that Ring galaxies are a specific ways that a galaxy can break. It's when something has gone terribly wrong an nature is trying to do the best it can to normalize. What exactly, no idea. But something went wrong and and the normal processes broke. I'd be surprised if a single ring galaxy had life beyond what is under an ice shell

[@MCsCreations]

Fascinating!

[@anjkovo2138]

It's Beautiful, my fave Galaxy

[@lokipatrick6760]

So one hypothesis is that the central ultramassive black hole has cleared the inner region of the galaxy through successive outbursts, which may also explain the reduced star formation in the ring, and the current dormancy of the black hole.

[@Hiddensecret9]

While JWST has made great strides in the study of the universe, a full appreciation and confirmation of the significance of these findings will take a long time. Preliminary studies may open up new avenues, but a deep understanding of the Sombrero Galaxy is still a long way off, with many elements still to be examined and confirmed.

[@not2busy]

I wonder if that supermassive blackhole is actually having its energy harvested by a dyson-like ring. Or perhaps any new stars that are born in this galaxy are also harvested by an advanced civilisation.

[@ericdavison6186]

how did it get so big? I picture a black hole travelling with a reducing orbit., like an old needle on vinyl) as it travels it collects matter/stars and grows. it could explain increased collisions/supernova and the dense cloud.

[@xGameBoyy]

when will JWST observe hoags object!!! that seemed like a top10 gotta check that out in HD infrared ASAP targets

[@stevenkarnisky411]

What was it Churchill said about the Soviet Union? An ennigma surrounded by a mystery wrapped inside a Froot Loop, or something. Anyway, the Sombrero seems to fit the definition. Thank you, Anton. Also, I forgot to thank you yesterday, so thank you for the monkey/typewriter episode, too!

[@StEvEn-dp1ri]

What is the greenish-yellow spherical object at about the 7 or 8 o'clock position of the interior of the ring? Is it a globular cluster? It's too big to be a planet or star. I'm just curious.

[@cychoboy]

I wish we had 20 James Webb telescopes operating out there so these finds would come in faster!

[@VoreAxalon]

When are you doing a video on the Ford Galaxy?

[@ro4eva]

Such a beautiful galaxy.

[@Thom101]

it makes me think how a solar system formed but the protoplanitary disk turned into a ring like structure

[@ozzycrabs]

Thats where us Mexicans come from

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

Lol😂

[@cpmf2112]

That explains the first scene of Men in Black 😂

[@jokerace8227]

Then you have answers for all of these mysteries.

[@Gojiraa666]

😂

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Literally aliens😂

[@tomyamartino]

8:45 Is that a famous green galaxy on the right?

[@MeesterG]

Remember that the colors are not accurate to real life. The picture is from Webb that takes photos in infrared (and a little bit visible red light). So Webb doesn't actually see green light. That being said; I've got no idea which Galaxy it would be 😅

[@erdngtn9942]

It does in fact get real close to how a white hole would look, just as hoags does too. I’m not saying it’s ____ but…

[@iancowan3527]

If it has a huge Blackhole that would pull a lot of center mass! I wonder... Could a huge Blackhole capture and be orbited by smaller Blackholes?

[@stargazer5784]

Sure, why not?

[@iancowan3527]

@stargazer5784 Never have heard of anything "orbiting" a Blackhole...

[@BrokenhornKT]

could have that happened by one or more Galaxy's or more with Near Miss's to the core of the sombrero, and it sweep out all the core stars and super charged the black hole by the left over gas then it left Star New star forming areas close to the core ?

[@richardshansky3040]

With the lack of star formation in the center, could Sombrero galaxy be very old, essentially, the ring is a halo of an ancient galactic explosion?

[@stargazer5784]

Actually, the characteristic of having little to no star formation in the cores of large galaxies is quite typical. The stellar populations there tend to be dominated by very ancient, mostly yellowish (G type or later) main sequence stars, with very little gas or dust found in the region. The massive dense ring is somewhat of an enigma. Similar rings have been imaged around other galaxies, and are almost always associated with the aftermath of a galactic collision. Usually, the interloper is still seen somewhere in the immediate area, but not so in this case. Additionally, within galaxies that have rings caused by collisions, the region of the disk between the core and ring itself is often sparsely populated, but the Sombrero's disk seems well populated. The huge number of globular clusters seen, and the presence of such a large black hole in the core, suggests that it has cannibalized many smaller galaxies in the past, but it's neat symmetrical morphology doesn't seem to show any obvious signs of being recently disturbed. It has the features of both an elliptical and spiral galaxy, but with no clearly visible arms. 🤷‍♂️ Go figure. I've seen it in my own telescope, and many astronomers over the years, both amateur and professional have imaged it, but it's true nature remains enigmatic. Cheers!

[@sparkeyjames]

Core explosion is my guess as to it shape. Pack enough stars close enough to together and have a few supernova happen in close proximity to the core and BOOM. Chain reaction like a runaway nuclear reactor.

[@stargazer5784]

The Sombrero is incredible. Thx. It's a Seyfert with lots of extra goodies. A cannibal.

[@joecolosi1795]

The Sombrero galaxy and Hoags object look the way they do because the black hole in the center of the galaxy farted🤔

[@jokerace8227]

Resembles a freeze frame of the Praxis explosion, which has it's own entirely unrelated sci-fi mystery about why it exploded in an expanding flat disk shape. LOL

[@ray1956]

Great observation. 👍🏿👍🏿The more we see, the more we understand, that we DON’T understand👨🏿‍⚕️🤓keep searching🔭👏🏿👏🏿🦠💉😷

[@baxtermullins1842]

Looks like a job for a supercomputer and simulations with a large explosion in the center of a spinning object. Just a starting point!

[@upsguppy520]

when you say not active black holes do you mean not working?, like the standard model, the standard model has been shoving its enormous bulge up our black holes for quite some time now clumpy dust patches ? sounds like a case of dry sharts? srry in advance couldnt help it

[@OAN3476]

Build a lens that can see in the color spectrum. You'll see them much better, i bet.

[@michaeldarling1759]

It may be an illusion but it looks like the plain inside the ring is composed of stars. But it could be the way the bulge shows up

[@stargazer5784]

There're of lots of stars and nebulae as well in the disk or plane as it's sometimes called.

[@Quartermaster_77]

Ring compounds in a ring galaxy !

[@BrewedIn62]

I liked the fact that "new" observation of the James Webb ... revealed that Anton's hair is actually shorter in the video... than it appeared at the beginning. James Webb cuts through anything!... If you look closely, you can actually make out the hairline not ever observed before.

[@MichaelAlexander-c3x]

My favorite galaxy!!

[@mikejohnson6520]

I wonder do you know sometimes when you look up in the sky you see double rainbows is there such a thing as a double Galaxy

[@caejones2792]

There's the Twin Quasar, where a huge gravitation lens causes a distant galaxy to appear in double. There was a possible planet detection in the lensing galaxy, but it was based on a chance alignment that won't likely ever repeat, so we can't confirm.

[@pandemicentitlements5198]

"There's a correlation between the size of the bulge in a galaxy and the total number of globular clusters." Well that settles that debate.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Rite Anton Dude, Noice! TFS, GB :)

[@NeonVisual]

An ultra diffuse galaxy having recently attained a SMBH

[@DicedIceBaby314]

Maybe it’s a crazy technosignature

[@wheeljork]

This galaxy will solve the final parsec dilemma, I have an intuitive feeling.

[@richardmtl]

Interesting

[@CarlDi3trich]

Could that central black hole be "killing" star production due too some known process, Anton?

[@caejones2792]

IIRC there's some evidence that rings kill star formation, like the cold ring that wraps around tornados limits their lifespans.

[@phuzed37]

Hope you feel better, man...

[@DaleWoodward-v7z]

That black hole is doing nothing because it ate all the stars surrounding it

[@the80hdgaming]

Olé!!!

[@davidmayhew8083]

Would the brightness mean that on a planet like earth, there would never be a need for electric light?? Things would be super bright even in the night. So Sombrero people would have to wear thickly padded eye shades to induce sleep. Or perhaps they evolved to not need sleep at all.

[@anjkovo2138]

I bet that galaxy is teaming with life

[@wheeljork]

I did not read the paper, just putting that out front. Are they saying those gas balls are HI regions, but they are too bright? Maybe this is a transitional phase before rapid star formation in those areas. If this is the "just afterwards" of a merger at the center, it might have caused a sort of gravity wave tsunami that shoved everything back, but this structure will only last a few million years as all those balls turn into more star forming regions. I know the water to spacetime analogy is just an analogy, but perhaps there is such a thing as "frame shoving" where things with mass get moved by the gravity wave if it is of sufficient amplitude. The water does not "move" in normal waves, but will travel miles inland in a tsunami carrying everything with it.

[@DDflypaper]

Sort of reminds me of a ringworld the Sci fi book maybe this could be a real thing. This would be a great discovery.

[@brunopr9]

Dyson disk?

[@ibrahiymmuhammad4773]

nice cut

[@einsteinalb75]

Very nice

[@mathewhale3581]

Hats off

[@lasarith2]

It looks like the black hole in the centre is absorbing the hole centre of the galaxy .

[@sunrazor2622]

Plot twist: there's another eyeball galaxy behind the eyeball galaxy 😮

[@heisag]

The central black hole of the Sombrero galaxy just seems inactive because it is having a siesta.

[@VovelPunch]

dude we are not alone in the galaxy and we are very not alone in the universe

[@chad0x]

Looks like an enormous solar system forming

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

Theres 1,500 taco bells in there !

[@Dankmangolion]

Dust in this case could be massive planetary sized pieces of "dust".. or bigger

[@coltonhaynie6174]

I think you mean the famoso galaxy

[@MAXCOBRALAZERFACE]

The universe is a 1 to 1 ratio! Stuff to space. But at the same time it’s infinite. But the 3rd dimension is time

[@MAXCOBRALAZERFACE]

The one to wrap your head around is from a perspective the universe is a solid

[@Hravani4CM]

I wonder if there was ever any theorist talk about this being a white hole. It sure looks like its expelling instead of consuming.

[@bonysminiatures3123]

common JWST it should have found life by now , very frustrating indeed , nice galaxy though ..