Despite the sci fi references, a really good up to date video on the scale out there.
It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to their centers, where there may be old star clusters and—sometimes—active supermassive black holes. Only NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can deliver highly detailed scenes of nearby galaxies in a combination of near- and mid-infrared light.
Eero Järnefelt (Finnish,1863-1937)
Julius’s Starry Blue Spruce,1897
oil on canvas