NASA Webb teases a new image in World Space Week post

NASA Webb said in an X post for World Space Week that people searching for space facts might come across the telescope’s newest image, but the post itself did not include details about the image.

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A young star cluster filled with many stars that display Webb’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star which sports the largest diffraction pattern. To the left of the star, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left border of the image. This yellow region extends from the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the image. The yellow region has several blue stars of different sizes embedded within. The top third, which lies outside of the yellow region, holds a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. Those stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Processing: Alyssa Pagan.

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NASA Webb posted on X for World Space Week that people looking up space facts “might run into” its newest image, linking to Google and another X post. Based on the supplied evidence, the post teases an image rather than explaining what it shows or when it was released.

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