Images of the Carina Nebula from the Webb and Hubble telescopes paint a stunning view of the universe
A stellar nursery discovered more than 250 years ago will teach astronomers new things about how stars come to life with the help of sharp vision from the James Webb Space Telescope. The powerful new $10 billion observatory, located in space about 1 million miles from Earth, takes new images of the star-forming region within the Carina Nebula. The image captures incredible detail previously unseen by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Carina Nebula has been a popular target for study for many years because it exhibits cosmic events lasting for a very short time – only about 50,000 to 100,000 years. The nebula lies in the Milky Way about 7,600 light-years away and is home to other well-known cosmic objects, such as the Keyhole Nebula and the unstable supergiant star, Eta Carinae. Astronomers have given its features several pet names as well, such as Mystic Mountain and Cosmic Cliffs. SEE ALSO: The first stunning cosmic image from the James Webb telescope is here A new Webb photo (seen a