Hubble, Webb, and the constellation Taurus š
The first image features a view into IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disc located about 525 light-years away in a dark cloud š«ļø within the Taurus star-forming region. This disc is 65 billion kilometres across ā several times the diameter of our Solar System! The image combines data from the
#NIRCam and
#MIRI on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with optical data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
The second image, which uses data just from Hubble, features IRAS 05506+2414, which is over 9000 light-years away. This mysterious object is thought to be an example of an explosive event caused by the disruption of a massive young star system.
š· europeanspaceagency / esawebb , nasa , canadianspaceagency , Villenave et al.
š· ESA/ hubbleesa & NASA, R. Sahai
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