Crab Nebula glows in a new light in Webb telescope image

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Scientists are hoping to gain more information about the origins of the Crab Nebula, thanks to new details spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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This image shows the Ring Nebula in exceptional detail, like the filament elements in the ring’s inner section.

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Earendel, the most distant star ever discovered, can be seen in this image of the Sunrise Arc galaxy.

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The Ring Nebula is seen in breathtaking detail, in a composite image released on August 4.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a high-resolution image of a pair of actively forming stars called Herbig-Haro 46/47. The stellar duo, only a few thousand years old, is located at the center of the red diffraction spikes.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a detailed closeup of the birth of sunlike stars in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud, the closest star-forming region located 390 light-years from Earth. The young stars release jets that cause the surrounding gas to glow. The image’s release marks the first anniversary of Webb’s observations of the cosmos.

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Saturn and its moons were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope June 25. The image shows details of the planet’s atmosphere and ring system.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured the Orion Bar, a part of the Orion Nebula that is being eroded by stellar radiation emanating from the Trapezium Cluster.

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This composite image, shot from the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI and NIRCam instruments, shows the bright clusters of stars and dust from barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068.

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Webb captured a burst of star formation triggered by two colliding spiral galaxies called Arp 220. The phenomenon is the closest ultra-luminous galactic merger to Earth.

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Dusty rings surround Fomalhaut, a young star outside of our solar system that’s 25 light-years from Earth.

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The Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 was one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first discoveries, spotted in June 2022.

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Stunning details can be seen in this Webb telescope photo of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, which is 11,000 light-years from Earth.

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Webb’s image of ice giant Uranus shows off the planet’s incredible rings and a bright haze covering its north polar cap (right). A bright cloud lies at the cap’s edge and a second one is seen at left.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured 50,000 sources of near-infrared light in a new image of Pandora’s Cluster, a megacluster of galaxies. The cluster acts like a magnifying glass, allowing astronomers to see more distant galaxies behind it.

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Stars shine through the hazy material of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, which is 630 light-years away from Earth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope spotted NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions near the Milky Way, located in a dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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Two galaxies, known as II ZW96, form a swirl shape while merging in the constellation Delphinus.

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The James Webb Space Telescope revealed features of a new protostar forming.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a new perspective of the Pillars of Creation in mid-infrared light. The dust of this star-forming region, rather than the stars themselves, is the highlight, and resembles ghostly figures.

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The two stars in WR140 produce shells of dust every eight years that look like rings, as captured by the Webb telescope.

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The James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope contributed to this image of galactic pair VV 191. Webb observed the brighter elliptical galaxy (left) and spiral galaxy (right) in near-infrared light, and Hubble collected data in visible and ultraviolet light.

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Webb captured the clearest view of the Neptune’s rings in over 30 years.

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A new image of the Phantom Galaxy, which is 32 million light-years away from Earth, combines data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Webb’s landscape-like view, called “Cosmic Cliffs,” is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. The telescope’s infrared view reveals previously invisible areas of star birth.

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The five galaxies of Stephan’s Quintet can be seen here in a new light. The galaxies appear to dance with one another, showcasing how these interactions can drive galactic evolution.

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This side-by-side comparison shows observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, left, and mid-infrared light, right, from NASA’s Webb telescope. The Southern Ring Nebula is 2,000 light-years away from Earth. This large planetary nebula includes an expanding cloud of gas around a dying star, as well as a secondary star earlier on in its evolution.

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