NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the in-depth details of a stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula. Webb’s recent image of 30 Doradus, or the Tartula Nebula, displays many never-before-seen youth, with galaxies in the background. The picture also reveals the gas and dust composition of the nebula. The tarantula, located about 161,000 light-years away from us, has given many details about cosmic creation. NASA’s Webb telescope, which gave us a glimpse of stellar images from the universe, has been operational since July.
Recently in possession of 30 Doradus, Web saw The cavity of the Tarantula Nebula using the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The image displaying the cavity has been hollowed out, glowing as a pale blue, due to blistering radiation from a cluster of massive young stars.
The Webb Space Telescope typically operates in the infrared spectrum because light from objects in the distant universe is often stretched into this wavelength due to the expansion of the universe. The telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever built.
One of the highlights recently in captivity was a young star shedding a cloud of dust around it. It was previously believed that this star was in a later stage of formation by astronomers.
The team now plans to look at distant galaxies from the actual age of the cosmic noon and compare it with current observations of the tarantula. This will help scientists understand the similarities and differences.
