Astronomers capture ‘cosmic razzle-dazzle’ in stunning new images
NASA astronomers say they have captured “cosmic razzle-dazzle” in a jaw-dropping new gallery of space images.
NGC 346 is a young cluster home to thousands of newborn stars. (Pix via NASA/CXC/SAO et al. / SWNS)
Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest super star cluster to Earth. (Pix via NASA/CXC/SAO et al. / SWNS)
The eye-catching compilation, released Wednesday (23 July), features data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory along with a host of other telescopes including NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and more.
N79 is a giant region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite neighbor galaxy to the Milky Way. (Pix via NASA/CXC/SAO et al. / SWNS)
M82 is a so-called starburst galaxy where stars are forming at rates tens to hundreds of times higher than normal galaxies. (Pix via NASA/CXC/SAO et al. / SWNS)
The space agency said: “As NASA’s flagship X-ray telescope, Chandra observes many different exciting phenomena that reveal themselves in energetic radiation.
“There are nine objects in this new space-based light pageant, ranging from nearby pockets of star formation to distant galaxies with giant black holes.”
