Space Sparks Episode 13: Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail @HubbleESA

HubbleWebbESA | Space Sparks Episode 13: Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail @HubbleESA | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 56 seconds ago.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula.

More information and download options: esawebb.org/videos/weic2411a

Credit:
Editing: Nico Bartmann
Web and technical support: Enciso Systems
Written by: Bethany Downer
Music: Stellardrone - The Belt of Orion
Footage and photos: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS) N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)

Pan: Everything, in one place, all at once

$Pan of Pandora’s Cluster Astronomers estimate 50 000 sources of near-infrared light are represented in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their light has travelled through various distances to reach the telescope’s detectors, representing the vastness of space in a single image. A foreground star in our own galaxy, to the right of the image centre, displays Webb’s distinctive diffraction spikes. Bright white sources surrounded by a hazy glow are the galaxies of Pandora’s Cluster, a conglomeration of already-massive clusters of galaxies coming together to form a mega cluster. The concentration of mass is so great that the fabric of spacetime is warped by gravity, creating a natural, super-magnifying glass called a gravitational lens that astronomers can use to see very distant sources of light beyond the cluster that would otherwise be undetectable, even to Webb. More information and download options: http://esawebb.org/videos/weic2305a/ Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A. Pagan (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) Music: Stellardrone – Twilight$

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