Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula

Webb's infrared view pierces the dust of NGC 3372 to reveal previously hidden young stars and the eroding edge of the gaseous cavity carved by radiation from massive stars.

Instrument: NIRCam & MIRI · Near- and mid-infrared

• A shimmering shell of orange and blue gas expanding around a pair of central stars.

  Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132)

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  The Southern Ring Nebula

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• A dark field scattered with thousands of galaxies of many colours; several appear stretched into arcs by gravitational lensing.

  Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

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  Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)

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• Four interacting galaxies clustered together with a fifth foreground galaxy, amid countless background stars and galaxies.

  Stephan's Quintet (galaxy group)

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  Stephan's Quintet

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• Three towering columns of dark, dense gas and dust silhouetted against glowing greenish nebulosity.

  Eagle Nebula (Messier 16)

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  Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

  NASA, ESA, STScI

• A tangled, glowing web of orange, yellow, and blue filaments expanding outward from a central region.

  Crab Nebula (Messier 1)

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  The Crab Nebula (M1)

  NASA, ESA, STScI

• Jupiter in infrared, with glowing polar aurorae, bright cloud bands, and faint rings.

  Jupiter

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  Jupiter (James Webb Space Telescope)

  NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team