Hot new bombshells enter the villa
Otherwise invisible to the unaided eye, infrared data from NASAWebb and X-ray data from NASAChandraXray are made visible in these proper fit cosmic wonders by mapping the data to colors we can see.
1. NGC 346, a star cluster in a nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, lights up as Chandra (in purple and blue) reveals young, hot, massive stars that send powerful winds outward from their surfaces. Webb shows arcs of gas and dust that stars and planets use as a source of material for their formation in red, green and blue.
2. In purple, Chandra reveals a spiral galaxy where compact objects like neutron stars or black holes pull material from companion stars and the remnants of exploded stars. Webb data show dust and gas in the galaxy’s spiral arms in red, green and blue.
3. Eagle Nebula, also known as the “Pillars of Creation,” is shown in red, green and blue via Webb with dark columns of gas and dust shrouding the few remaining fledgling...
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