Tag: Star Formation
NASA’s Webb Peers into Extreme Outer Galaxy
Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists call this region the Extr [...]
Webb captures celestial fireworks around forming star
The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb’s [...]
Striking new Webb image of star formation
For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared [...]
Hubble captures dawn of a sun-like star
Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in the new image from NASA [...]
Webb depicts staggering 19 nearby spiral galaxies
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 cent [...]
Webb celebrates 1st year with close-up on Rho Ophiuchi
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming reg [...]
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