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Incredible Images Captured by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope in 2022

Cosmic Cliff NASA Telescope Space Image

Here are some amazing pictures of space captured by NASA’s JWST:

Cosmic Cliffs

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NGC 3324 (Image: NASA via AFP)

This seemingly appearing image of a crested hill filled with flickering stars is actually the birthplace of a star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light it is the edge of the giant, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, and the tallest “peaks” in this image are about 7 light-years tall.

Stephan’s Quintet

This image of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies is taken by MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) through its powerful mid-infrared vision which pierces through enshrouded regions to reveal huge shock waves and tidal tails, gas and stars stripped from the outer regions of the galaxies by interactions.

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Stephan’s Quintet (Image: NASA via AFP)

Southern Ring Nebula

Informally known as the Southern Ring Nebula, this planetary nebula catalogued as NGC 3132 is approximately 2,500 light-years away and has been sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years.
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NGC 3132 (Image: NASA via AFP)

Jupiter

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system is seen with faint rings which are a million times fainter than the planet itself. Also visible are two tiny moons called Amalthea and Adrastea.

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Jupiter (Image: NASA via AFP)

Phantom Galaxy 

This is a composite picture taken from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of a spiral galaxy M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. M74 is located 32 million light-years away and consists of about 100 billion stars.

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Galaxy M74 (Image: NASA via AFP)

Inner Region Of The Orion Nebula

NASA’s JW Space Telescope’s NIRCam was used to capture the inner region of the Orion Nebula.

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Orion Nebula (Image: NASA via AFP)

View of Neptune’s Rings

Neptune named after the Roman Sea God and seven of its fourteen known satellites were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Triton, the bright spot of light in the upper left of this image, orbits Neptune in a backward orbit and outshines Neptune because the planet’s atmosphere is darkened by methane absorption wavelengths captured by Webb.

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Neptune’s Rings (Image: NASA via AFP)

Fiery Hourglass

This image of the Protostar was captured within the dark cloud L1527 with ejections from the star above and below which appear orange and blue in the infrared view of the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) through JW Space Telescope.

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Fiery Hourglass (Image: NASA via AFP)

Farthest Galaxies Ever Seen

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) images show two of the farthest galaxies seen to date in the outer regions of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744.

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Two Distant Galaxies (Image: NASA via AFP)

Pillars of Creation

This motley of prismatic colors in an ornate highly detailed landscape shows how new stars are formed within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like imposing hill formations but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust.

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Pillars of Creation (Image: NASA via AFP)

 

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Jeffy Jacob

Senior Sub Editor-Geospatial World. Jeffy Jacob believes in the synergy of technology with nature. An avid reader, he affirms to the responsibility of every individual for sustainable actions in everyday life.

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