NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured side view of a galaxy that 'photobombed' a planetary nebula
captured of the Southern Ring Nebula, an enormous cloud of dust and gas 2,000 light-years away from Earth.
The blueish streak in this close-up image of the Southern Ring Nebula is an edge-on galaxy. Paola Rosa-Aquino/NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Webb scientists have yet to provide additional information about the galaxy that photobombed the Southern Ring Nebula."Wow. Wow. This. This near infrared image is — wow," Alex Lockwood, a project scientist, said as she shared the nebula's two new imagesThe Southern Ring Nebula, captured by Webb in mid-infrared light, spawned by the remains of a dying star. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScIWebb launched on December 25, 2021, after more than two decades of development.
The Southern Ring, or"Eight-Burst'' nebula, is a vivid shell of gas and dust expelled into space by a dying star.
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