The blue spiral at the tip is an entire galaxy behind the glowing gas. Webb’s March 2025 view of HH 49/50 shows material heated by a young star’s jet. The outflow is about 630 light-years away; the spiral galaxy is much farther behind it. They only look connected from our viewpoint. Real infrared observations mapped into visible colors. ESA’s camera pan moves across the image; this is not real-time motion in space. Visuals: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), CC BY 4.0. Edited excerpt; original soundtrack replaced; text/layout added. https://esawebb.org/videos/weic2506c/ Science: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2506/ Music: “Floating Cities” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1600018 Music excerpted, level-adjusted and faded. #FliiCurious
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