Stunning cosmic display !
Our chaotic Galactic Center !
A NIRCam near-infrared image of the Galactic Center, revealing a complex interplay of cosmic structures.
The image showcases a central region dominated by a bright, compact object, likely the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. Surrounding this core, a vibrant tapestry of filaments, bubbles, and stellar clusters unfolds.
Dark lanes of dust contrast with bright regions of star formation, creating a visually striking composition.
The image provides insights into the dynamic and energetic processes occurring within the heart of our galaxy.
Processed JWST/NIRCam data by Thomas Carpentier
"Messier 78"
A close up of the stellar nursery captured by the Euclid space telescope.
Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence.
Inner Ring of Galaxy NGC 1097
This galaxy is located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax. Eris has captured the gaseous, dusty ring that sits right in the center of the galaxy.
The bright spots on the ring are stellar nurseries. This image was captured through four different filters by Eris' state-of-the-art infrared imager, the Near Infrared Camera System, or NIX, which will replace the Naco imager used until now.
To put Nix's resolution into perspective, this image details a patch of sky less than 0.03% the size of the full moon.
Credits: Martin Kornmesser/Eso
‘TRUST THE MAGIC OF BEGINNINGS’ NASA posted a photo on Tuesday of cosmic clouds called “Herbig-Haro objects,” which is an indication of a newly-formed star. In an Instagram post, the space agency explained that it is formed when young stars discharge superheated jets of gas into space and collide with colder surrounding materials. “With Herbig-Haro objects, there is more than meets the eye. These cosmic objects help astronomers understand the turbulent interactions within stellar nurseries—and can help us pinpoint the location of stars invisible to the human eye,” NASA wrote.
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A “stellar nursery” with young stars!
Image produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute; via Webb Space Telescope
Supernova remnant G344.7-0.1, located 19,600 light years from Earth, is the result of a white dwarf stellar explosion that occurred between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago.
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Tokyo Univ. of Science/K. Fukushima, et al.; IR: NASA/JPL/Spitzer; Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA
A sparkling mass containing at least half a million stars—and some two dozen pulsars—the globular cluster known as 47 Tucanae is one of roughly 150 ancient stellar clumps orbiting the Milky Way galaxy.
Photograph by F. Ferraro, European Southern Observatory
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