The image give us an insight of the younger Universe and the formation of stars
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing exclusive image of a star-forming complex called N79. The telescope was able to capture the photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. N79 is a massive star, and is considered to be a younger version of the Tarantula Nebula, another target in the LMC.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), N79 is a large star-forming complex that spans about 1,630 light-years in the LMC, which is a mostly unexplored region. Astronomers believe that N79 is a younger version of 30 Doradus, which is another similar region known as the Tarantula Nebula. They also think that N79 can form stars more efficiently than 30 Doradus by a factor of two over the past 500,000 years.
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The latest image shows a bright starburst pattern surrounding one of three giant molecular cloud complexes with a series of diffraction spikes. According to ESA, the prominent starburst spikes in the image are the result of the hexagonal symmetry of Webb’s 18 primary mirror segments. The spikes are most visible around bright, compact objects where all the light originates.
Webb was designed to see into regions where stars, like our own, are born. Astronomers are interested in these regions because they provide insights into a younger universe when star formations were at their peak. The Webb Telescope, which is the successor to the Hubble and the largest telescope ever launched into space, is a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency. Webb’s giant mirror and exquisite resolution allow astronomers to compare and contrast observations of star formations in the N79 region at different evolutionary stages of the universe.