Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is an animation portraying the outgassing activity of Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 based on data gathered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument. Centaur 29P is one of the most active objects in the outer solar system, undergoing quasi-periodic outbursts in brightness.
Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-unusual-jets-of-volatile-gas-from-icy-centaur-29p
The video begins by zooming in for a closer view of an artist’s concept of Centaur 29P. The scene is overlaid with graphics that help define the four different jets of gas before the centaur is rotated so the object can be examined from different angles.
There is no sound.
CreditsL NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
#shorts
This is an animation portraying the outgassing activity of Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 based on data gathered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument. Centaur 29P is one of the most active objects in the outer solar system, undergoing quasi-periodic outbursts in brightness.
Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-unusual-jets-of-volatile-gas-from-icy-centaur-29p
The video begins by zooming in for a closer view of an artist’s concept of Centaur 29P. The scene is overlaid with graphics that help define the four different jets of gas before the centaur is rotated so the object can be examined from different angles.
There is no sound.
CreditsL NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI)
#shorts
