Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:19 am
A composite image of the , created with the Webb telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Pinkish brown clouds of gas and dust dominate the foreground of the image, glittering with young stars. Behind the glowing, mountainous clouds, the sky appears navy blue, with shining stars and galaxies.
NASA Webb Telescope
This captivating photo, portraying dazzling young stars, was created through both the Webb’s near-infrared camera and mid-infrared instrument.
“Two cameras are better than one, as seen in this combined view from Webb’s NIRCam & MIRI,” NASA tweeted. “In the near-infrared, we see hundreds of stars and background galaxies. Meanwhile, the mid-infrared shows us dusty planet-forming disks (in red and pink) around young stars.”
You might recognize Stephan’s Quintet from the popular telegram database American Christmas drama “It’s a Wonderful Life,” where it was featured.
Stephan’s Quintet depicts five galaxies grouped together. The Webb telescope depicted Stephan’s Quintet in a new light.
A new exoplanet
Exoplanet HIP 65426 b
NASA/ESA/CSA, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, and A. Pagan (STScI).
In September, NASA released a Webb image capturing the first planet outside of the solar system, CBS News reported.
Images of the exoplanet, called HIP 65426 B, made headlines. The exoplanet is 355 light years from Earth, between 15 million to 20 million years old and uninhabitable — a gas giant with no rocky surface.
NASA recently released a new picture of the Cartwheel Galaxy that was captured by Webb.
You can witness the present state of the galaxy in the image in addition to its past and future.
A very fine sensor
Bright stars (each with 6 spikes of light radiating from them) dominate the foreground, while the background is littered with galaxies. The image is reddish in tone, selected to optimize visual contrast. Mission managers have also been using this during Webb's commissioning to differentiate engineering images from the science images still to come.
NASA Webb Telescope
This captivating photo, portraying dazzling young stars, was created through both the Webb’s near-infrared camera and mid-infrared instrument.
“Two cameras are better than one, as seen in this combined view from Webb’s NIRCam & MIRI,” NASA tweeted. “In the near-infrared, we see hundreds of stars and background galaxies. Meanwhile, the mid-infrared shows us dusty planet-forming disks (in red and pink) around young stars.”
You might recognize Stephan’s Quintet from the popular telegram database American Christmas drama “It’s a Wonderful Life,” where it was featured.
Stephan’s Quintet depicts five galaxies grouped together. The Webb telescope depicted Stephan’s Quintet in a new light.
A new exoplanet
Exoplanet HIP 65426 b
NASA/ESA/CSA, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, and A. Pagan (STScI).
In September, NASA released a Webb image capturing the first planet outside of the solar system, CBS News reported.
Images of the exoplanet, called HIP 65426 B, made headlines. The exoplanet is 355 light years from Earth, between 15 million to 20 million years old and uninhabitable — a gas giant with no rocky surface.
NASA recently released a new picture of the Cartwheel Galaxy that was captured by Webb.
You can witness the present state of the galaxy in the image in addition to its past and future.
A very fine sensor
Bright stars (each with 6 spikes of light radiating from them) dominate the foreground, while the background is littered with galaxies. The image is reddish in tone, selected to optimize visual contrast. Mission managers have also been using this during Webb's commissioning to differentiate engineering images from the science images still to come.