The James Webb Space Telescope captured the most amazing picture of Jupiter just a few days ago, and now it has captured this beautiful photo of the 30 Doradus nebula. This nebula is also called Tarantula Nebula because of its dusty filaments, which are prominent in previous telescope images, giving it the appearance of a giant spider. In this picture from Webb, astronomers can see the stellar nursery in excellent detail, which has long been a favorite target of researchers studying star formation. In addition to distant background galaxies, Webb captured detailed information about the nebula’s composition and structure.
This Tarantula Nebula picture was also shared by NASA on its official Twitter handle.
This Webb caught a giant space tarantula! 🕸️ Take a moment to stare into thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. @NASAWebb reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as background galaxies: https://t.co/DZePgDpPEH pic.twitter.com/aSmPDqgKTE
— NASA (@NASA) September 6, 2022
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Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest and brightest star-forming regions in the Local Group (the nearest galaxies to us). It lies approximately 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. A few of its stars are also among the hottest and most massive that we know of. Astronomers used Webb’s three high-resolution infrared instruments to study the birthplaces of stars.
The area looks like the silk-lined home of a tarantula spider when viewed through the telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). During the formation of the nebula, intense radiation from a cluster of massive young stars hollowed out the cavity in its center, which can be seen glowing blue in the image. As a result of the powerful stellar winds generated by stars, all but the densest parts of the surrounding nebulae are destroyed, leaving pillars that point towards the cluster. Protostars are formed by these “pillars,” which eventually emerge and contribute to the structure of the nebula.
But every picture coming from this James Webb Space Telescope of NASA is stunning us and giving us a chance to see the beauty of space.
Images are being used for representation only, Image Source: NASA’s official Twitter Handle
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