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O-Type Star Discovered Inside the Carina Nebula's Treasure Chest Structure

In the Carina Nebula, roughly 7,500 light-years away, exists a structure that looks like an open treasure chest. While the visual is striking, the object is a "cometary globule"—an isolated cloud of gas and dust characterized by a dense head and an elongated tail. The illusion of a glowing lid is created by light from within the cloud leaking through the dust. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared camera reveals that the "chest" is…
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Merca2.es broke the news on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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