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James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam Image of the “Cosmic Cliffs” in Carina Nebula
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What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away.
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Credit lineJames Webb Space Telescope NIRCam Image of the “Cosmic Cliffs” in Carina Nebula. NASA/STScI (Webb), 2022-07-12. Public domain. ID: carina_nebula.
