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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveal in unprecedented detail the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) star-forming region near the center of the Milky Way, about 300 light-years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, and reveal new features that have yet to be explained.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This is a nebula near our Milky Way galaxy, about 163,000 light-years from Earth. The larger group is called NGC 2014 and the smaller group is called NGC 2020. However, astronomers prefer to call this picture a "cosmic coral reef" because of its resemblance.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This northern nebula is called the "Cosmic Cliff" and is located in a huge cavernous nebula called the edge of the Carinae star, a region where new stars are produced.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The Carina Nebula is located in the southern hemisphere in the constellation Carina, about 7,600 light-years from Earth. It is one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the sky. It breeds a large number of new stars and is an important celestial body for studying star formation.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The images were released today by scientists from the Physics of Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) project. The closest of the 19 galaxies is NGC 5068 (about 15 million light-years away) and the farthest is NGC 1365 (about 60 million light-years away).

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Wolf-Rayet 124 is a star that shows the death of a massive star. It is about 15,000 light-years from Earth and has a mass 30 times that of the Sun. The surrounding nebula is composed of random ejections of material from the aging star and dust produced in the ensuing turbulence.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the birth of stars in great detail, with impressionistic textures. The subject is the Ophiuchus Nebula Complex, 390 light-years from Earth, the nearest star-forming region. The image shows 50 newborn stars in the region.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Explore why the image of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the Webb Telescope is the most breathtaking sight so far. Do you want answers to these macro questions? By the way, thank you for your love and forwarding. Your support is my greatest motivation.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The "Firefly Flash" galaxy has a complex structure and contains 10 star clusters formed at different times, similar to the early Milky Way. Astronomer Lamiya Mowla said that its image may reveal the mystery of the formation of the Milky Way.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

An international team of researchers has stunned astronomers by releasing the first images of the Orion Nebula taken by the Webb telescope, showing dense gas and dust outlining the outline of a giant winged creature flying in a cosmic web, illuminated by dazzling starlight.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

NASA released an image of the Eagle Nebula taken by the Webb Telescope, combining NIRCam and MIRI data to clearly show the structure of stars and dust. It is 6,500 light-years away from Earth and over 90 trillion kilometers wide, making it the nearest large-scale star formation region. Photo: NASA.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Image credits: NASA, ESA/Hubble, and the Hubble Heritage Team; thanks to P. Scowen and J. Hester. It’s so beautiful. This is our universe, the birthplace of our sun, the origin of the planets, and life.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The Eagle Nebula is about 7,000 light-years away from the solar system, located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. It is a star-forming region. It is composed of open star clusters and diffuse nebulae, shaped like a mushroom, and the tower-like gas column extends about 9.5 light-years.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The Lagoon Nebula (M8/NGC 6523) is located in the southern constellation Sagittarius. It is an emission nebula composed of hot gas and breeds many young stars. Its apparent magnitude is 5.8 and it is about 5,000 light-years away from the Earth. It is deeply loved by astronomy enthusiasts.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

JWST infrared observations reveal the dust-obscured brown dwarf and its environment, confirming that part of the protoplanetary disk formed around it and providing new evidence. Spectral analysis helps study its temperature, mass and interactions.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Recently, scientists unexpectedly discovered about 1,000 giant stars in the Tarantula Nebula (about 1,000 light-years in diameter) in the Large Magellanic Galaxy, a shocking number.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The Crab Nebula is 6,500 light years away from Earth, with an apparent magnitude of 8.4, and requires a telescope to observe. It has been expanding for nearly 1,000 years, with a diameter of more than 11 light years and a speed of 1,500 km/s (0.5% of the speed of light).

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The Perseus Molecular Cloud (about 1,000 light-years from Earth) was imaged by NASA's retired Spitzer Telescope. The SPHEREx mission will explore similar clouds of gas and dust in the Milky Way for water ice and frozen compounds. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The Crab Nebula is active due to the high energy release of the pulsar, and its interior can change over a few days. The equatorial winds impact the surrounding area, forming a changing shock wave that eventually dissipates into the nebula.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

To understand the supernova remnant, almost all telescopes are pointed at the Crab Nebula. Only NASA's IXPE studies X-ray polarization, a measure of the electromagnetic field. The Crab Nebula is bright in X-rays, and polarization reveals the direction and order of the magnetic field.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

JWST captured the Milky Way satellite LMC and exposed the H II region "N79", whose chemical composition is similar to the universe billions of years ago, which may help study the early universe and distant galaxies.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The M74 Phantom Galaxy is known for its bizarre spiral arms and is located 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces, facing Earth. The Janeway Telescope is perfectly positioned to capture its structure and is adept at capturing traces of cosmic gas and dust.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The Janeway Telescope explores the universe and observes planets. The precious photos include Neptune and its rings. The small white dots are its satellites, and the light shines on the largest satellite Triton. The light comes from the telescope's reflective system.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

“Multiple people familiar with the White House proposal said cuts to NASA's ‘Science Mission Directorate’ could be as high as 50 percent.” arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

“It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science.”…

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Not only can you see the faint rings around Jupiter, but you can also see two of Jupiter's satellites, Adrastea and Amalthea, on the far left of the rings. The fuzzy spots at the bottom of the photo are actually luminous galaxies in the distance.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Cartwheel Galaxy formed a ring-shaped structure due to the high-speed collision of small galaxies. The outer ring expanded, the inner ring gave birth to star clusters, and the outer ring promoted the birth of stars. The time of the collision is uncertain.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

SMACS 0723 is a galaxy cluster located 4.6 billion light-years from Earth. Its gravitational lensing effect magnifies the more distant galaxies behind it. The image was taken with a near-infrared camera, and the fuzzy object in the center is the galaxy cluster.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a detailed image of the "Pillars of Creation," three narrow pillars of interstellar dust and gas dotted with newly formed solid stars. The region is located in the Eagle Nebula, about 6,500 light-years from Earth.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Stephan's Quintet, about 290 million light-years away, is the first galaxy cluster to be discovered. The Hubble telescope has been in service for 32 years and although it is aging, NASA has submitted a new budget in the hope of continuing its service.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Southern Ring Nebula (also known as the Eight-Fissured Nebula) is a giant cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a failing star. As the star ages, it changes the way it generates energy and ejects its outer layers. Then, the star heats up again, igniting the previously expelled material.

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adela Shevchenko @adela7544.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

NASA's newest $10 billion space telescope captures stunning images of "stellar nurseries" and "cosmic dances". The James Webb Space Telescope, known as the successor to the famous Hubble telescope, has released the first full-color images of the universe.

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