Stars peek through the dusty, winding arms of NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away, in this Feb. 20, 2026, image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope. Webbs Mid-Infrared Instrument collects the mid-infrared light emitted by the warm dust speckled through the galaxys clouds, tracing the clumps and strands of dusty gas. The telescopes Near Infrared Camera records shorter-wavelength near-infrared light, mostly from the stars and star clusters that dot the galaxys spiral arms. The image helps researchers understand star formation in spiral galaxies. Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy