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The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed stunning images of the Tarantula Nebula, a region of the universe where stars are born frantically.
According to NASA, providing these images will contribute to enhancing scientific knowledge of star formation, according to Agence France-Presse.
The agency said in a statement, that the Tarantula Nebula, which was given this name in relation to the shape of the gas and dust clouds in it, is located only 161,000 light-years away, and is the largest and most luminous among the star-forming regions in all galaxies close to the galaxy in which planet Earth is located. Among them, it includes the most famous and largest stars.
How are stars formed?
Scientists have always focused on this nebula to study the process of star formation, but James Webb’s images reveal new details, including thousands of young stars that were not visible until now to previous telescopes.
A number of James Webb’s scientific instruments were used to capture images of the nebula at different wavelengths.
A group of young, very bright blue stars appears in the center of the image captured by the “Nercam” instrument, which monitors the near-infrared field that is not visible to the naked eye.
Another instrument called “Nearspeak” allowed the telescope to observe a star emerging from its dust column still surrounded by a cloud, a stage in its formation that would not have been possible to monitor without the great capabilities of James Webb.
Previously, researchers believed that this star is older and at a more advanced stage.
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