Carina

A Nebula can contain as few as ten stars or as many as millions of stars, according to NASA. Although most nebulae belong to just three types - spherical, elliptical and bipolar, some of them might be irregularly shaped, so much so that they resemble objects on Earth. Despite the seemingly great distances at which nebulae are located, advanced technology such as the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope has enabled NASA to observe and study these amazing…

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope is a mighty technological tool. Astrophysicists first conceived it over 20 years ago, and after many twists and turns, it was launched on December 25, 2021. Now it's in a halo orbit at the Sun-Earth L2 point, where it will hopefully continue operating for 20 years.It's only been a few months since its first images were released, and it's already making progress in answering some of the Universe's most compelling questions.In a newly-released image, the JWST peered deep inside…

NASA has shared a breathtaking image of sparkling stars in the Carina Nebula taken by the Hubble Telescopes just a few days after James Webb Telescope. Just a few days after snapping a mesmerising image of the “cosmic cliffs” of the Carina Nebula that was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope and shared by NASA, another breathtaking view of the Nebula has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is actually one of the Hubble Telescope's most-imaged objects. The image looks quite sparkling, highlighting the…

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a scene made famous by its sibling, the James Webb Space Telescope. One of the first images released from Webb showed the Carina Nebula, a particularly striking structure of dust and gas located in an area of the Milky Way called the Carina-Sagittarius arm. Recently, Hubble has imaged Carina as well, snapping an image of a small section of this famous nebula. Compared to Webb’s image of Carina, which was taken in the infrared wavelength, Hubble’s image is more pastel.…

The Cosmic Cliffs were one of the first James Webb images that we were given when NASA’s newest space telescope started sharing photos and data. Now, though, a revisit of that iconic image shows that there is more to it than we might have previously believed. In fact, NASA says that the image showcases several young stars in the earliest stages of their formation. It’s an exciting discovery, especially as I’ve spent the better part of the last few months with that particular image as my desktop wallpaper. Being…

You better watch out!Image: SyfyIt was festive, it was gory, it was campy, and it left the door open in the likely event Chucky gets a season three. The Christmas-themed “Chucky Actually” wrapped up a satisfying season two for Don Mancini’s horror comedy, but if the show does return, it’ll be without several of the show’s core characters so far.The reason for that, of course, is season two’s outrageous body count, which knocked out quite a few major cast members. The most spectacular death scenes were reserved for Father…

On July 12, NASA released the Webb telescope’s first images. Now, the space agency has translated the data from those images into sounds, allowing us to hear the cosmic wonders the telescope saw.Webb images in the near-infrared and mid-infrared, which encompass wavelengths human eyes are not capable of seeing. The telescope’s images are themselves translated from raw data into light we can see, a process detailed here. The sonified images go a step further, by taking those infrared wavelengths and mapping them to pitches…