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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope images a dust pillar in the Carina Nebula about 7,500 light-years away, revealing a compact cluster of roughly 70 very young stars—including a massive star ~19 solar masses—formed under winds and radiation from nearby Eta Carinae; the pillar’s head is being excavated by ongoing star formation, effectively creating a “treasure chest” of newborn stars.
A James Webb image of a dust pillar in the Carina Nebula (≈7500 light-years away) reveals a compact cluster of ~70 young stars, about 1.3 million years old, including a massive ~19-solar-mass star. The pillar’s “treasure chest” is carved by winds and radiation from nearby Eta Carinae.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the Treasure Chest, a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula about 7,500 light-years away, housing roughly 70 newborn stars. The cluster is thought to be about 1.3 million years old (with some estimates as young as 100,000 years), and the most massive member is an O-type star about 19 solar masses. Its shape is sculpted by radiation and winds from nearby Eta Carinae and the Trumpler 16 cluster; over time the surrounding gas and dust will disperse, revealing the stars hiding inside.
Space.com's space photo of the day spotlights a James Webb Space Telescope image of the Carina Nebula, nicknamed the “Treasure Chest,” revealing about 70 young stars (the most massive around 19 solar masses) nestled in a 7,500-light-year cloud. The star cluster is estimated to be about 1.3 million years old, a revision from earlier 100,000-year figures, illustrating how JWST observations refine our understanding of star formation and cluster evolution in massive nebulae.
NASA/ESA/CSA's James Webb Space Telescope highlights a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula nicknamed the Treasure Chest, housing about 70 young stars (the most massive about 19 solar masses) within a ~1.3-million-year-old cluster still embedded in dust; its distinctive shape is shaped by nearby Eta Carinae and Trumpler 16, and Webb's NIRCam reveals the glow of newly formed stars as gas and dust are gradually dispersed.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning image of the Westerlund 2 star cluster in the Carina Nebula, revealing for the first time the full population of brown dwarfs in this massive star-forming region, which helps astronomers understand star formation under extreme conditions.
Amateur astrophotographer Tim Henderson captured stunning images of three nebulae—the Carina Nebula, NGC 6188, and Sh2-1—from the dark skies of the Central Australian Desert, utilizing high-end equipment and long exposures, revealing intricate structures and star-forming regions in the Milky Way.