James Webb Space Telescope Shows Stellar Nebula

The Webb Space Telescope is thought to be one of many busiest observatories in all of science. Since launching operations earlier this one year, the space-faring telescope has returned one stellar image after the next, in conjunction with snapshots of planets in interior reach solar systems. Monday, researchers at Western University unveiled a sequence of photos captured of the Orion constellation; namely, the photos zero in on the Orion Bar, or the constellation's "sword." Positioned supreme 1,350 gentle-years far flung from Earth, the Orion Nebula has lengthy been a highlight of astronomers. Now, these at Western had been ready to capture the clearest photos of the nebula but.

Images of the Orion Nebula with James Webb Space Telescope, obtained as part of our ERS program. https://t.co/eUN53UStgn ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/D0dIIELJsw

— Olivier Berné (@OliBerne) September 12, 2022

— Olivier Berné (@OliBerne) September 12, 2022 "We are blown away by the breathtaking images of the Orion Nebula. We started this project in 2017, so we have been waiting more than five years to get these data," Western astrophysicist Els Peeters said in a statement released by the university. Peeters became as soon as joined by Olivier Berné and Emilie Habart, who weak the Webb's NIRCam (End to-Infrared Camera) to capture the photos. "These new observations allow us to better understand how massive stars transform the gas and dust cloud in which they are born," Peeters added. "Massive young stars emit large quantities of ultraviolet radiation directly into the native cloud that still surrounds them, and this changes the physical shape of the cloud as well as its chemical makeup. How precisely this works, and how it affects further star and planet formation is not yet well known." Nebulas are residence-faring clouds where stars are born in the cosmic mud they're manufactured from. The usage of the photos, researchers hope to receive more files on how, exactly, stars are formed and "born."