Astro Bob: Cosmic tarantula caught in NASA's Webb
A Webb's-eye view of newborn suns in one of the largest stellar nurseries known.
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A Webb's-eye view of newborn suns in one of the largest stellar nurseries known.
A Webb's-eye view of newborn suns in one of the largest stellar nurseries known.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a stellar nursery known as the Tarantula Nebula.
A giant space tarantula has been caught by a Webb -- NASA's highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope, that is.
The densest surrounding areas of the nebula resist erosion by the stars' strong winds, forming pillars that seem to point back toward the cluster and hold forming protostars.