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A Glittering Stellar Nursery Shines In New JWST Image #Science #Space #Astronomy #JWST #StellarNursery #AstronomyNews
A Glittering Stellar Nursery Shines In New JWST Image
This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Planets are born within vast, rotating clouds of gas and dust called nebulae. Gravity causes these clouds to collapse, leading to the formation of a central star and a surrounding disk of material from which planets will eventually form.

#StellarNursery #PlanetCreation #Cosmology
August 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A star-forming region 160,000 light-years away. In 2016, Hubble captured N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud—a cosmic nursery reshaping how we study stellar birth, deep space structure, and long-range space instrumentation.

#OSMED #FlashbackFriday #Hubble #Astrophysics #SpaceDesign #StellarNursery
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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📸 The Rosette Nebula from DECam

📅 APOD – July 16, 2025
📷 Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA

#APOD #NASA #RosetteNebula #NGC2237 #DECam #Astrophotography #Nebula #EmissionNebula #SpaceArt #Astronomy #Stars #Monoceros #Telescope #StellarNursery #OpenCluster #CosmicBloom #Cosmos #StellarSnap
A vibrant wide-field astrophotograph of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), appearing like a cosmic flower. The nebula glows with deep reds and pinks, surrounded by filaments of dust and gas. In its center lies a star cluster, NGC 2244, whose young blue-white stars illuminate the nebula. The entire structure is framed by the dark backdrop of space, with scattered stars dotting the field.
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Le JWST célèbre ses 3 ans avec cette vue spectaculaire de la nébuleuse de la Patte de Chat, révélant une pouponnière d’étoiles massives ✨
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#Astrophysics #Astronomy #StellarNursery
#CatsPawNebula #NGC6334 #JWSTImage
#JWST3YearsEmerging
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July 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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📸 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251

📅 APOD – July 10, 2025
📷 Credit: Cristiano Gualco

#APOD #NASA #Astronomy #Space #DarkNebula #LDN1251 #HerbigHaro #Cepheus #StarFormation #Astrophotography #DeepSky #Cosmos #StellarNursery #MilkyWay #GalacticDust #StellarSnap #SkyWatcher #Science
A deep-space photograph showing a dark, elongated cloud stretching diagonally across the starry sky. The cloud, known as Lynds Dark Nebula 1251, appears as a murky, shadowy structure obscuring the stars behind it. Scattered throughout are tiny glowing red spots—Herbig-Haro objects—indicating regions of newborn stars. Faint background galaxies are also visible, peeking through the dust, with the entire view spanning nearly three full moons in width.
July 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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📸 A Beautiful Trifid

📅 APOD – July 9, 2025
📷 Credit: Alessandro Cipolat Bares

#APOD #TrifidNebula #M20 #Nebula #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography #Cosmos #Stars #ReflectionNebula #EmissionNebula #DarkNebula #StarFormation #Sagittarius #DeepSky #NightSky #StellarNursery #Hubble #StellarSnap
A deep-space image of the Trifid Nebula (M20), a vibrant and complex star-forming region. The nebula shows bright red emission areas, blue reflection zones, and dark dust lanes. The red region is roughly divided into three parts by dark clouds, giving the nebula its “trifid” name. Above and to the right, sculpted pillars and jets shaped by young stars are visible. The entire nebula spans about the size of a full moon in Earth’s sky and is surrounded by faint stars against the backdrop of the Milky Way.
July 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 25/04/2024

NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.htm<a href="/hashtag/JWST" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#JWST #NGC604 #M336#Nebula #StarFormationo#Spacen#Astronomys#Galaxy #InfraredI#Cosmologyo#StellarNurseryr#DeepSpacee#JamesWebbamesWebb
Breathtaking infrared image of NGC 604, a giant stellar nursery in the galaxy M33, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The image showcases vibrant red and white hues, highlighting the cavernous bubbles and cavities carved by energetic stellar winds from over 200 young, massive stars. This nebula is nearly 100 times larger than the Orion Nebula.
June 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 03/05/2002

Cone Nebula Close-Up

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020503.htm<a href="/hashtag/ConeNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ConeNebulan#HubbleSpaceTelescopee#NGC2264##StarBirtht#StellarNurseryr#Spacey#Astronomys#Cosmos #Nebula #DeepSpacee#NASAc#CosmicPillarsc#Monocerosonoceros
A breathtaking close-up of the Cone Nebula's blunted head, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image showcases vibrant red and blue hues of glowing hydrogen gas and dark dust pillars sculpted by stellar winds from the massive star NGC 2264 IRS (off-image). This region, about 2.5 light-years across, is a stellar nursery within the larger NGC 2264 star-forming region in Monoceros.
June 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 04/09/2010

Young Suns of NGC 7129

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100904.htm<a href="/hashtag/NGC7129" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NGC7129##StellarNurseryr#YoungStarsu#HerbigHaror#Cepheus##DeepSpacee#Astrophotographyt#SpaceImagea#Cosmologyo#Astronomystronomy
Stunning image of NGC 7129, a stellar nursery 3,000 light-years away in the Cepheus constellation. Features young stars, bluish dust clouds reflecting starlight, and red Herbig-Haro objects – glowing hydrogen gas shocked by jets from newborn stars. This telescopic view spans about 40 light-years.
June 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Observations from multiple telescopes have revealed a surprisingly complex structure within a newly discovered protoplanetary disk, suggesting a more dynamic and chaotic environment for planet formation than previously thought. #ProtoplanetaryDisk #PlanetFormation #StellarNursery
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 07/07/2007

Infrared Trifid

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070707.htm<a href="/hashtag/TrifidNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#TrifidNebulai#M20u#InfraredAstronomys#SpitzerSpaceTelescopee#StarBirtht#Nebula #Sagittariusi#DeepSpacee#CosmicWonderi#AstronomyPhotographyt#Spacey#NASAc#StellarNurseryrNursery
A breathtaking infrared image of the Trifid Nebula (M20) captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope. This false-color view reveals glowing dust filaments and newborn stars hidden within the nebula's dust and gas clouds. The Trifid, approximately 30 light-years across and 5,500 light-years away, is a vibrant stellar nursery in the constellation Sagittarius.
June 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 23/09/2005

Portrait of RY Tauri

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050923.htm<a href="/hashtag/StarBirth" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#StarBirtht#RYTauri##TaurusMolecularCloudl#StellarNurseryr#GeminiObservatorye#Astronomys#Astrophysicso#Spaces#Cosmologyo#StarFormationo#Nebula #DeepSpacee#NightSkyNightSky
Stunning image of RY Tauri, a young star emerging from its natal gas and dust cloud in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, 450 light-years away. The bright central star illuminates a region spanning 2/3 of a light-year. Captured by the Gemini Observatory.
June 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 06/06/2002

Cone Nebula Infrared Close-Up

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020606.htm<a href="/hashtag/ConeNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ConeNebulan#HubbleSpaceTelescopee#NICMOS #InfraredAstronomys#StarFormationo#StellarNurseryr#Spacey#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#NASAg#DeepSpacee#Nebula #Starsa#Astrophysicsophysics
A stunning infrared image of the Cone Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) after recent repairs. The image reveals fainter stars embedded within the nebula's dust clouds, previously hidden from visible light observation. The false-color image shows a half light-year across section of the nebula, 2,500 light-years away. Four brighter stars with diffraction spikes are visible in the foreground.
June 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 22/05/1999

M42: A Mosaic of Orion's Great Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990522.htm<a href="/hashtag/OrionNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OrionNebulao#Hubble #StarBirtht#Nebula #Spacea#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#Starsy#NASAr#Galaxy #StellarNurseryr#ShockWaveso#TrapeziumClustermCluster
A stunning Hubble Space Telescope mosaic of the Orion Nebula, showcasing its vibrant colors, intricate structures, and the Trapezium star cluster. This image reveals the nebula's diverse nature, including stellar nurseries, hydrogen gas, proplyds, and high-speed stellar jets. The filamentary structures are shock waves from fast-moving material colliding with slower gas. The Orion Nebula is approximately 1500 light-years away and located in the same spiral arm of our Milky Way Galaxy as our Sun.
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 18/01/2005

NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050118.htm<a href="/hashtag/Hubble" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Hubble
#NGC346 #SmallMagellanicCloudn#StarFormationo#StellarNurseryr#SMCe#Galaxy #Cosmologyo#Astronomys#Spacey#DeepSpacee#Nebula #DustLanesu#EarlyUniverseUniverse
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 346, a star-forming region within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The image showcases the vibrant blue hues of the nebula and the dark dust lanes where embryonic stars are forming, resembling stellar nurseries from the early universe.
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 30/10/2019

M42: Inside the Orion Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191030.htm<a href="/hashtag/OrionNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OrionNebulao#M42u#StarBirtht#Nebula #Spacea#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#Starsy#DeepSpacee#AstroPhotographyt#Galaxy #NASAx#SpacePornp#StellarNurseryrNursery
Stunning deep image of the Orion Nebula (M42), a vibrant star-forming region showcasing glowing gas, dust, and the Trapezium star cluster. The image highlights oxygen and hydrogen emissions, revealing intricate details within this 40 light-year-wide nebula located 1500 light-years from Earth.
May 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 14/10/2002

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021014.htm<a href="/hashtag/CocoonNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#CocoonNebulao#IC5146 #StellarNurseryr#EmissionNebulao#ReflectionNebulao#AbsorptionNebulao#Nebula #Spacea#Astronomys#AstroPhotographyt#Cosmologyo#Starsy#Galaxy #DeepSpacee#Cygnus #Cygnus
A breathtaking image of the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), a vibrant stellar nursery located 4,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This nebula showcases a stunning blend of pink, red, and teal hues, illuminated by a massive, newly formed star at its core. The star's energy creates an emission, reflection, and absorption nebula spectacle.
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 14/02/2008

Long Stem Rosette

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080214.htm<a href="/hashtag/RosetteNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#RosetteNebulat#ValentinesDayt#Astronomys#Spacey#Nebula #NGC2237##Stars7#Cosmos #AstroPhotographyt#DeepSpacee#StellarNurseryr#MilkyWayM#SpaceLovep#Cosmologyosmology
A stunning image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), a stellar nursery 5,000 light-years away in Monoceros. Its vibrant red hues and flower-like shape, created by the winds and radiation of its central star cluster (NGC 2244), make it a perfect Valentine's Day cosmic treat. The nebula's central cavity is approximately 50 light-years across, and the young stars within are only a few million years old. Happy Valentine's Day!
May 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 14/09/2001

Cold Dust in the Eagle Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010914.htm<a href="/hashtag/EagleNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#EagleNebulal#StarBirtht#InfraredAstronomys#M16o#Space6#Cosmologyo#Nebulas##Starss#Astronomys#Astrophysicso#NASAc#ESAA#DeepSpacee#StellarNurseryrNursery
A false-color infrared image of the Eagle Nebula (M16), a star-forming region 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. Blue hues represent complex carbon molecules (PAHs), while red shows cold dust grains. This image, created using data from ESA's Infrared Space Observatory, reveals the processes of stellar birth within this cosmic nursery.
May 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 10/01/2023

NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230110.htm<a href="/hashtag/ConeNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ConeNebulan#StarFormationo#NGC2264##StellarNurseryr#Astrophotographyt#Spacey#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#DeepSpacee#Chilee#ElSauceObservatorye#UniverseU#Starse#Nebula #Nebula
A stunning image of the Cone Nebula in Monoceros, showcasing its 7 light-year tall pillar of dust and gas where stars are born. Captured with 24 hours of exposure using a half-meter telescope in Chile, the image reveals the nebula's reddish glow from hydrogen gas and the surrounding stars. The massive star NGC 2264 IRS, off the top of the image, is likely sculpting the cone.
May 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Wesley spent approx. 20H w/ his #Celestron #EdgeHD 8" & #focalreducer capturing the stunning #IC1848, aka the #SoulNebula. This #emissionnebula is located about 6,500 LY away in the constellation #Cassiopeia & is a #stellarnursery teeming with young stars.
May 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 17/01/2018

In the Valley of Orion

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180117.htm<a href="/hashtag/OrionNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OrionNebulao#SpaceExplorationl#StellarNurseryr#Hubble #Spitzer##Astrophotographyt#Cosmologyo#Nebula #DeepSpacee#Astronomys#Science##Spacee#UniverseU#NASAse #NASA
Immersive view of the Orion Nebula, combining visible light (Hubble) and infrared (Spitzer) data. The image showcases a light-year wide valley within the nebula's giant molecular cloud, leading to the Trapezium star cluster. A digitally rendered visualization providing an up-close perspective of this famous stellar nursery.
May 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Astronomy Picture from 23/04/2012

Evaporating Blobs of the Carina Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120423.htm<a href="/hashtag/CarinaNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#CarinaNebulan#Hubble #SpaceMountainso#StarDeatht#Nebula #Astronomys#Cosmologyo#DarkCloudsr#StellarNurseryr#Spacey #Space
Hubble Space Telescope image of the Carina Nebula, showcasing evaporating dark molecular clouds (blobs) illuminated by nearby stars. These "space mountains," spanning a few light-months, are being eroded by stellar winds and radiation, a process that ironically leads to the creation of new stars within them. The nebula itself is about 30 light-years across and located 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina (Keel).
May 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM