Flame Nebula, James Webb Space Telescope

Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope's view of the Flame Nebula is a 'quantum leap' forward for astronomers
Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in the universe.
James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula
"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process."
James Webb captures a stunning view of the dreamy Flame Nebula
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape reminiscent of the hat's wide brim, the galaxy, also known as Messier 104, has outer rings that are clearly visible for the first time.
Webb Telescope Unveils Elusive Brown Dwarfs in the Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million years old. Among these stars are “brown dwarfs,” also known as “failed stars.”
James Webb telescope spots 'rogue' planet with a cake-like atmosphere barrelling through space without a star
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a 'rogue' cosmic object barrelling through our galaxy without a star, and covered in clouds of iron and magnesium minerals.
James Webb Space Telescope Sees Remains Of Ancient Cosmic Clash
Zoom into an amazing James Webb Space Telescope view of galaxy NGC 3256. It is " the wreckage of a head-on collision between two equally massive spiral galaxies," according to ESA/NASA. Credit: ESA/Webb,
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This butterfly-shaped nebula owes its structure to 2 chaotic young stars
Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.
Webb telescope spots curious objects that aren't stars, or planets
Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to sleuth out some of these objects, called brown dwarfs, in a vibrant star-forming region of our galaxy called the Flame Nebula. Brown dwarfs ...
Webb peers deeper into mysterious Flame Nebula to find 'failed stars'
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...
When Disks Collide: The Violent Birth of Rogue Planets
How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...
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The story behind the cosmic image on a new US stamp
Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...
JWST explores enigmatic mid-infrared rings in planetary nebula NGC 1514
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, ...