US EditionWebb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
- The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust from a forming star, located 625 light-years from Earth, according to NASA.
- The observation, featuring a spiral galaxy in the background, was made in infrared light by the Webb Space Telescope.
- Launched in 2021, the Webb Space Telescope is the largest observatory ever sent into space, succeeding the Hubble Space Telescope, according to NASA.
- NASA described the observation as 'a lucky alignment' of the stellar jet and the galaxy, previously observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006.
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It's the Best View Yet of the 'Cosmic Tornado'
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop. The composite image makes it look as though the overflow of stellar material is the billowing contrail of a rocket on its way...
James-Webb telescope: »Space-Tornado« photographed at 630 light-years distance
Some 630 light-years away from Earth, stars are still emerging – and thus structures reminiscent of whirlwinds. »James Webb« has now photographed Herbig-Haro 49/50 as brilliantly as no telescope before.
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UpstractWebb Telescope Reveals Hidden Galaxy Behind “Cosmic Tornado”
Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we observe the universe, we’re looking at a three-dimensional space projected onto a two-dimensional image. As a result, objects that appear close together in the sky can actually be separated by vast distances and have no real [...]
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