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A star is born! Behind the curtain of dust and gas in these “Cosmic Cliffs” are previously hidden baby stars, now uncovered by Webb. We know — this is a show-stopper. Just take a second to admire the Carina Nebula in all its glory: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages/ Webb’s new view gives us a rare peek into stars in their earliest, rapid stages of formation. For an individual star, this period only lasts about 50,000 to 100,000 years. Two cameras are better than one, as seen in this combined view from Webb’s NIRCam & MIRI! In the near-infrared, we see hundreds of stars and background galaxies. Meanwhile, the mid-infrared shows us dusty planet-forming disks (in red and pink) around young stars. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Image description A composite image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, created with the Webb telescope’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Pinkish brown clouds of gas and dust dominate the foreground of the image, glittering with young stars. Behind the glowing, mountainous clouds, the sky appears navy blue, with shining stars and galaxies. |
| Date | Taken on 16 June 2022, 14:55 |
| Source | NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth |
| Author | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
| Flickr tags | jwst, webb, james, space, telescope, firstimages, recentbestof, bestof, topimages |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James Webb Space Telescope at https://flickr.com/photos/50785054@N03/52211883799. It was reviewed on 1 August 2022 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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