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James Webb Space Telescope marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image

UNITED STATES, JUL 14 – Scientists identified multiple free-floating brown dwarfs with masses as low as twice that of Jupiter in the Cat's Paw Nebula, expanding knowledge of star formation processes.

  • The James Webb Space Telescope celebrated its third scientific anniversary by releasing a detailed image of the Cat's Paw Nebula located in Scorpius about 4,000 light-years away.
  • Deployed to study the cosmos in exceptional detail through infrared observation, the Webb telescope maintains a stable position at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from our planet.
  • Using its advanced near-infrared camera, Webb examined a tiny section of the nebula, uncovering groups of interstellar material along with newly formed stars actively influencing their surroundings.
  • The European Space Agency highlighted that Webb has consistently met its challenging scientific objectives during its third year of operation, while NASA's Shawn Domagal-Goldman emphasized that the telescope continues to uncover previously unseen details about the universe.
  • Webb's ongoing discoveries highlight new scientific questions and prepare the way for future missions like NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory to investigate dark matter and Earth-like planets.
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James Webb Space Telescope marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image

The telescope peered into a single “toe bean” of the nebula, uncovering clusters of gas, dust and young stars.

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James Webb marks anniversary with Cat’s Paw Nebula image

The telescope peered into a single “toe bean” of the nebula, uncovering clusters of gas, dust and young stars.

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