James Webb Discovers Incredible Secrets of the Orion Nebula

James Webb Discovers Incredible Secrets of the Orion Nebula
James Webb Discovers Incredible Secrets of the Orion Nebula (NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: M. McCaughrean & S. Pearson)

As is customary to contemplate the beauty of the universe through the “Astronomy Picture of the Day,” NASA highlighted the majestic Great Orion Nebula on Tuesday (10) in an incredible composite of images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Thanks to the deep observations made by the James Webb telescope, the nebula, located in the Belt of the Orion Constellation about 1,350 light-years from Earth, can reveal its true complexity when seen in detail.

The image, composed of representative colors in red and very near-infrared, offers a view of the Orion Nebula, an incredible region of star formation, young stars, gas, and dark cosmic dust.

Furthermore, an exciting discovery in this image is the unexpected presence of a large number of Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or JuMBOs, which can provide valuable insights into the processes of star formation.

James Webb Discovers Incredible Secrets of the Orion Nebula (NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: M. McCaughrean & S. Pearson)
James Webb Discovers Incredible Secrets of the Orion Nebula (NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST; Processing: M. McCaughrean & S. Pearson)
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