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NASA Webb Telescope

Official account! Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed July 12, 2022. Follow along to #UnfoldTheUniverse! (Recent bio links are below.)

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This Webb caught a giant space tarantula! 🕸️ ⁣ ⁣ Take a moment to stare into the 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 dozens of background galaxies. ⁣ Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. ⁣ ⁣ What makes this nebula so interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Read more at the link in our bio! ⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team⁣ ⁣ Image Description: Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob. Taken together, the structures resemble a spider or a squid. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. ⁣ ⁣ #JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #NASAWebb #UnfoldTheUniverse #Tarantula #Nebula #Space #Universe #Astronomy #NASA #Star #Galaxy #Webb
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