Thousands of Newborn Stars Dazzle in the Latest Snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope's infrared images reveal massive newborn stars in Pismis 24, whose intense radiation sculpts the Lobster Nebula and influences star formation, NASA said.
- NASA's Webb Space Telescope captured an image of thousands of newborn stars in the star cluster Pismis 24, located 5,500 light-years from Earth in Scorpius.
- The image reveals a colorful array of baby stars and a massive cloud of star-forming dust and gas known as the Lobster Nebula.
- Webb, launched in 2021, is the largest and most powerful telescope ever sent into space, designed to view the universe in infrared light.
- This particular shot took over five hours to capture, highlighting the beauty of star formation.
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NASA captures stunning images of newborn stars
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the dramatic view of Pismis 24, a young star cluster in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula.
New Webb image shows star formation as glittering, craggy peaks
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pa If "chaos is a ladder," then brilliant stars forming from discordant gas and dust are the ultimate example of that. The James Webb telescope has imaged one of the more dramatic stellar nurseries in the galaxy called Pismis 24, showing swirling dust and infant stars in unprecedented detail. The image was captured in infrared light by Webb's NIRCam (near-infrared camera), with false color detail added afterwards. …
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