Westerlund 2 Shimmers in Pink as Chandra and Webb Telescopes Peer into Its Stellar Nursery

Webb, Chandra observe obscured globular cluster Westerlund 2

New Delhi: The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to observe the Westerlund 2 star cluster, that resides in one of the most turbulent regions in the universe. The star cluster is in the Carina nebula, about 20,000 lightyears from Earth, which is the amount of time it will take to get there even with the best spaceships possible. Westerlund 2 is a giant, glowing factory where new stars are constantly being…

Westerlund 2 Shimmers in Pink as Chandra and Webb Telescopes Peer into Its Stellar Nursery

Photo credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given Astronomers released a composite image of Westerlund 2 that merges X-ray observations from Chandra with infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The result turns a distant star cluster into a scene of gleaming points ringed by neon pink against swaths of warmer dust tones. Dozens of stars jump [...]