It\u2019s about to be a very spooky Halloween in space.<\/p>\n
Scientists say they have found stars brewing inside a\u00a0Halloween-like cosmic cauldron.<\/p>\n
Using the NASA\/ESA James Webb Space\u00a0Telescope, astronomers captured a turbulent star-forming region known as N159.<\/p>\n
The region is located about 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite\u00a0galaxies\u00a0orbiting our Milky Way.<\/p>\n
The observation was selected as Webb\u2019s Picture of the Month for October, learning into the spooky season vibes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDouble, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble,\u201d the agency commented. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is brewing inside dense clumps of gas.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0NASA, the region has a lower metallicity, the proportion of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, than our Milky Way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The N159 star-forming complex is seen through six of JWST NIRCam\u2019s filters. NASA \/ ESA \/ CSA \/ Webb \/ E. Sabbi \/ M. Zamani, ESA & Webb \/ M.H. \u00d6zsara\u00e7.<\/p>\n
This image shows N159, a turbulent star-forming region located 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. NASAwebb \/ NASA<\/p>\n
This gives astronomers an opportunity to learn more about conditions in the early universe and how stars formed under those conditions.<\/p>\n
The colors in the image reveal the chemistry of the region. The light orange areas represent light emitted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, important carbon-based molecules.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pale blue gas clouds are ionized hydrogen, or H II gas, energized by the intense ultraviolet light from massive stars.<\/p>\n
Wolf-Rayet stars are known to be efficient dust producers, and the Mid-Infrared Instrument on NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope shows this to great effect. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team. \/ NASA<\/p>\n
Dark red filaments stretch across the center of the image, made up of cool molecular hydrogen.<\/p>\n
These filaments are the densest parts of the\u00a0nebula\u00a0and help shield new stars from harsh radiation and stellar winds.<\/p>\n
The image has sparked excitement among\u00a0space\u00a0enthusiasts, with viewers enjoying the beauty and complexity of the cosmic display.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe universe is so beautiful and mysterious. It\u2019s incredible to think that stars are being born right here,\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n
Another said: \u201cLove that the colours here are chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the image may look like a bubbling cosmic cauldron just in time for\u00a0Halloween, it offers\u00a0astronomers\u00a0a closer look at the turbulent clouds of gas where new stars are born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s about to be a very spooky Halloween in space. Scientists say they have found stars brewing inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[12654,149,718,79,1507],"class_list":["post-898739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-hubble-space-telescope","tag-lifestyle","tag-nasa","tag-science","tag-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}