James Webb Viewed Tarantula Nebula This Time!

The James Webb Space Telescope, which has accomplished great things in the depths of space since the first day it was sent into space and put into service by the US Aviation and Space Administration (NASA), once again successfully fulfilled its duty. Webb, which cost 10 billion dollars and is the most powerful telescope ever sent into space, managed to take a picture of the “Tarantula Nebula” this time.

The region where the Tarantula Nebula is located is called “30 Doradus” and has long been among the favorites of space observers. Because there were very young stars in this region, and experts were trying to solve the mysteries about the universe by collecting information from these stars. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has done an important job in illuminating all these mysteries. Detailed view of the Tarantula Nebula is available for the first time.

Here is the fascinating image

The unique image above is the result of multiple equipment of the James Webb Space Telescope working together. In this context; The primary camera, named “NIRCam”, captured the space in the very center of the photo and illuminated the mystery there. The reason the region was empty was due to radiation carried by stellar winds from young stars. The spectrograph named “NIRSpec” was able to view the young star in the center.

And that wasn’t the only dexterity of the James Webb Space Telescope. An equipment called “MIRI” in the telescope dimmed the hot young stars and thus focused on the “colder” areas. This study also revealed a first in history. The James Webb Space Telescope has succeeded in viewing protostars in the 30 Doradus region that have taken the first step towards star formation.

Here is the image of protostars

Recent images by NASA’s ultra-powerful telescope may illuminate the mysteries of the Big Bang. Because the events around the Tarantula Nebula probably have the same chemical compositions as the star formations after the Big Bang. Studies by scientists can explain how the universe came into existence with these images coming from 161 thousand light years away.