GENERICO.ruScienceAstronomers have captured a cluster of galaxies they call the "Christmas Tree"

Astronomers have captured a cluster of galaxies they call the “Christmas Tree”

Astronomers have captured a galaxy cluster they call the 'Christmas Tree' Image: MACS041/© NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri))

Astrophysicists working with the James Webb Telescope received images of the galaxy cluster MACS041, informally called the “Christmas Tree Cluster of Galaxies.”

MACS041 is located about 4.3 billion years from Earth.

The galaxy, according to scientists, got its nickname, including , due to the fact that some objects in it flicker, thereby resembling the lights of a garland.

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