Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula

August 19, 2026 Universe Today

Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/k4bh1Yv)

Hubble image of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which lies just 7500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel). Credit: NASA/ESA/UC Berkeley/STScI/NOAO/AURA/NSF

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into inventive shapes. This scene is from the Carina Nebula, which lies just 7500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel).

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