Jwst, Chandra - The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle In 30 Doradus, Composite View, Square Crop, Enhanced

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Jwst, Chandra - The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle In 30 Doradus, Composite View, Square Crop, Enhanced

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Eric Glaser

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"JWST and Chandra - The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus - Composite View - Square Crop - Enhanced"

Please note: This is a square crop of the original NASA image.

Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up with the Webb telescope to create this new stunning composite image of the Tarantula Nebula. Chandra's X-rays (shown in royal blue and purple) identify extremely hot gas and supernova explosion remnants, while Webb reveals forming baby stars.

Unlike most nebulas in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula has a chemical composition similar to that of conditions in our galaxy several billion years ago — when star formation was at its peak. For astronomers, this nebula is the perfect window into how stars formed in our galaxy in the distant past.

Read more: go.nasa.gov/3iFT0Lh

Image description: Composite image of the Tarantula Nebula: Royal blue and purple gas clouds interact with red and orange gas clouds, as specks of light and large gleaming stars peek through. The blue and purple patches represent X-ray data from Chandra. The most striking blue cloud is shaped like an upward pointing triangle at the center. Wispy white clouds outline this blue triangle. Inside this frame is a gleaming star with six long, thin spikes. Beside it is a cluster of smaller bright blue specks showing young stars in the nebula. Darker X-ray clouds can be found near the right and left edges of the image. The red and orange gas clouds, which look like roiling fire, represent infrared data from Webb.

Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./L. Townsley et al.; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST ERO Production Team

Additional image editing by Eric Glaser

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