By Sheetal Kumari | August 5, 2024
NASA describes the James Webb Space Telescope as the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed. It provides scientists with crucial information that helps them understand the appearance of the universe approximately 200 million years after the Big Bang.
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The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, resembling a giant blue donut, has been observed for over 2 million seconds since Chandra's mission began in 1999. The image combines X-rays from Chandra (blue) and infrared from Webb (orange, white, and blue).
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A stunning image captured by NASA reveals the remnants of a supernova explosion that occurred nearly 160,000 light-years away from Earth. This cosmic event took place in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way
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The image, featuring three bright dots, reveals an exceptionally luminous galactic core known as a quasar. Its arc-like shape with four bright spots results from the fascinating effect called gravitational lensing, showcasing the quasar's intense brightness and unique structure.
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The image shows WR 124, a rare Wolf-Rayet star, with bright red spots surrounded by swirling clouds in reds and purples. This massive, luminous star is in a short-lived phase of its evolution, highlighting its dynamic nature.
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The composite image of the Crab Nebula combines X-ray data from the Chandra Observatory with infrared data from the Webb Space Telescope. It is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth.
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NASA's image artistically depicts a young star encircled by a disk of gas and dust. The James Webb Telescope studied this disk around ISO-ChaI 147, a newly formed, very-low-mass star.
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