star forming nebulae

Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape – NASA Science

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Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape – NASA Science

The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa, the Tarantula Nebula is the most productive star-forming region in the nearby universe, home … Read more

Witch Nebula Casts Starry Spell – NASA

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Witch Nebula Casts Starry Spell – NASA

This 2013 image taken by NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captures a nebula that looks like a witch screaming. Perhaps that imagined scream is a creation spell, for the Witch Hat nebula’s billowy clouds are a star nursery. We can see these clouds thanks to massive stars lighting them up; dust in the … Read more

NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy – NASA Science

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NASA’s Webb Peers into the Extreme Outer Galaxy – NASA Science

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel Cloud 2S, the telescope observed young, newly formed stars and their extended jets of material. This Webb image also shows a dense sea of background galaxies … Read more

NASA’s Webb Captures Celestial Fireworks Around Forming Star – NASA Science

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NASA’s Webb Captures Celestial Fireworks Around Forming Star – NASA Science

As the protostar continues to age and release energetic jets, it’ll consume, destroy, and push away much of this molecular cloud, and many of the structures we see here will begin to fade. Eventually, once it finishes gathering mass, this impressive display will end, and the star itself will become more apparent, even to our … Read more

Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes – NASA Science

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Pillars of Creation Star in New Visualization from NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes – NASA Science

A mosaic of visible-light (Hubble) and infrared-light (Webb) views from the same Pillars of Creation visualization frame.  Credits: Greg Bacon, Ralf Crawford, Joseph DePasquale, Leah Hustak, Christian Nieves, Joseph Olmsted, Alyssa Pagan, and Frank Summers (STScI), NASA’s Universe of Learning Source link

Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA’s Webb

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Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA’s Webb

Webb’s view in mid-infrared wavelengths also illustrates a new perspective into the diverse and dynamic activity of this region. In the MIRI view of NGC 604, there are noticeably fewer stars. This is because hot stars emit much less light at these wavelengths, while the larger clouds of cooler gas and dust glow. Some of … Read more

Hubble Views a Massive Star Forming – NASA Science

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Hubble Views a Massive Star Forming – NASA Science

At the center of the image, IRAS 16562-3959 likely hosts a massive star – about 30 times the mass of our Sun – that is still in the process of forming. The shadowy clouds appear dark because there is so much light-obscuring dust blocking the near-infrared wavelengths of light Hubble observed. However, near-infrared light does … Read more

New U.S. Postal Service Stamps Feature Iconic NASA Webb Images – NASA Science

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New U.S. Postal Service Stamps Feature Iconic NASA Webb Images – NASA Science

“NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the perfect intersection of science, engineering, and art as it reveals the greatest secrets of our cosmos through the beautiful images it captures,” said Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “With these stamps, people across the country can have their own snapshot of … Read more