Webb's first science images: Carina Nebula

NGC 3582 - Read more below 📖👇 This nebula is located approximately 7,500 light-years away from us and forms part of a much larger star-forming region known as the Carina OB1 Association. With the dimensions comparable to other large nebulae, NGC 3582 is a place where new stars are born. It's known for its bizarre structures known as cometary globules, which are dense clouds of gas and dust shaped by intense radiation from nearby young stars. These globules are considered star-forming regions t

The Carina Nebula: James Webb Telescope's First Target

One of the brightest stars in our galaxy, AG Carinae is a stellar monster fighting a tug-of-war between its outward radiation pressure and the inward pull of gravity to avoid self-destruction. Located 20,000 light-years away in our Milky Way Galaxy, this star is a few million years old and surrounded by an expanding shell of gas and dust nearly five light-years wide. This vast celestial structure formed from one or more massive eruptions around 10,000 years ago, blowing the stars' outer layers i

Hubble's Inside the Image: Carina Nebula