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Pan across the James Webb Space Telescope's view of the Cosmic Cliffs, "a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity ...
At its top, unseen in the Webb frame, sits the young star cluster NGC 3324. The cluster’s ultraviolet glare and fierce stellar winds have hollowed out a vast cavity in the nebula. The Cosmic Cliffs ...
The Cosmic Cliffs are part of the nebula Gum 31, home to the young star cluster NGC 3324. Both belong to the massive Carina Nebula Complex, a busy hub of star formation. Powerful ultraviolet light and ...
The landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” known as the Cosmic Cliffs is actually a portion of the nebula Gum 31, which contains a young star cluster called NGC 3324. Both Gum 31 and NGC 3324 are part ...
Both Gum 31 and NGC 3324 are part of a vast star-forming region known as the Carina Nebula Complex. Ultraviolet light and stellar winds from the stars of NGC 3324 have carved a cavernous area within ...
The region of the nebula known as the Cliffs is technically called Gum 31, where stars in the bright young cluster NGC 3324 have carved the cliff-like shapes in the clouds of dust.
Both Gum 31 and NGC 3324 are part of a vast star-forming region known as the Carina Nebula Complex. Ultraviolet light and stellar winds from the stars of NGC 3324 have carved a cavernous area within ...
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Pagan worked on the Cosmic Cliffs — the nickname the team gave to a billowing wall of gas and dust surrounding the star cluster NGC 3324, near the Carina Nebula.
Pan across the James Webb Space Telescope's view of the Cosmic Cliffs, "a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within the star cluster NGC 3324," according to NASA/ESA. NGC 3324 is ...
The image showcases the edge of a star-forming region known as NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. The Cosmic Cliffs give the impression of a craggy mountain ridgeline, with the tallest of the “peaks ...
Cosmic Cliffs. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. ... In reality it's actually a portion of the NGC 3324 region in the Carina Nebula, approximately 7,600 light years out from Earth's orbit.