Top 10 Stunning Images By NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

By Khushi thakur JULY 29, 2024

Supernova

The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) aboard the Webb Space Telescope captured this image of SN 1987A, a supernova located 168,000 light-years away within the Magellanic Cloud. Discovered in February 1987, SN 1987A.

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Sagittarius C

This is the image of a star cluster where around 500,000 stars shine named Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region.

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Protostar in Perseus

This image depicts the luminous Herbig-Haro object 797 (HH 797), which surrounds newly formed stars, or protostars. The object is created by the stellar winds or jets of gas emitted by these young stars.

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Horsehead Nebula

This image of the Horsehead Nebula or Barnard 33 spread over up to 0.8 light-years.  Located around 300 light-years away in the constellation Orion.

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Tarantula

Tarantula Nebula or 30 Doradus, a star-forming region that stretched over the 340 light-years.

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Stephan's Quintet

This is the image of a group of interacting galaxies named Stephan's Quintet that trigger star formation in each other. 

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Wolf-Rayet star

This is the image of hot star Wolf-Rayet 124 (WR 124). Captured in June 2022, located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta. 

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Penguin and the Egg

In the image, the spiral galaxy at the centre is a Penguin and the elliptical-formed object at left is Egg. 

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NGC 4254’s

This is a dazzling spiral galaxy named NGC 4254. Displaying orange and blue colour formation taken on Jan. 29, 2024. 

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Sun-like Stars 

This is the cosmic object named Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.

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