{"id":673218,"date":"2026-11-03T01:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673218\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:30:12","slug":"james-webb-space-telescope-captures-cats-head-nebula-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/673218\/","title":{"rendered":"James Webb Space Telescope captures \u2018Cat\u2019s Head Nebula\u2019 | National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1186\" height=\"1747\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Dean Murray<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space scientists say they have spotted a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/ghostly-cats-head-nebula-lurks-within-sight-of-nasas-hubble-webb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cat\u2019s Head Nebula<\/a>\u201d in space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Astronomers using the <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/08\/10\/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-cosmic-treasure-chest-of-young-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA\/ESA James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> revealed the quirky observation on Thursday, Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA\u2019s HQ Web Team said: \u201cThe distinctive \u201ccat\u2019s head\u201d shape of the nebula was likely sculpted over time by the intense <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/07\/29\/solar-eclipse-wont-be-this-big-again-until-2081\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ultraviolet radiation<\/a> and winds from massive stars in the Carina Nebula.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttownmedia.com\/news\/national\/older-americans-who-vote-live-longer-than-those-who-don-t-new-research\/article_5f7a4682-9a03-5fc8-aad1-998439c85a7b.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Older Americans who vote live longer than those who don&#x2019;t &#x2013; new research\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Older Americans who vote live longer than those who don&#x2019;t &#x2013; new research\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1567\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1886\" height=\"1099\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs this stellar feedback erodes the surrounding gas and dust, denser material within the feline-shaped pillar resists erosion, at least for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nebula lies within the vast <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/08\/10\/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-cosmic-treasure-chest-of-young-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Carina Nebula<\/a>, about 7,500 light-years from Earth, and NASA says it was nicknamed \u201cbecause of its resemblance to a cat sitting with its back toward the viewer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1730\" height=\"1197\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI via SWNS) By Dean Murray Space scientists say they have spotted a \u201cCat\u2019s Head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10667,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-673218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-dean-murray","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}