# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCk7zTms6c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65138545-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-07T14:09:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Paws your scrolling to enjoy some space right meow 🐈

This image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula is a cosmic collab between NASAWebb and NASAChandraXray. Chandra contributed X-ray data—the purple blotches within the dusty center of the nebula—to this image snapped by Webb in infrared.

X-rays are energetic beams of light that can break through thick gas and dust, which help scientists study the high-energy activity in the region.

Credit: X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major

#NASA #JWST #Chandra #Cats

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