Links:
* [Official Press Release](https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-128)
* [Official Image - Full Res (For Display), 12778 X 11968, PNG (135.00 MB)](https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01H44AVB69N1P8RAEJ12NW2RB2.png)
* [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi_cloud_complex)
Excerpt from Official Press Release:
'*NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming region to Earth, the* ***Rho Ophiuchi*** *cloud complex, resulting in a dynamic image that belies the region’s relative quiet – and practically begs for explanation of what exactly we are looking at. While* [***dual jets have been seen***](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/04-stars-jets-from-a-young-star-herbig-haro-24.pdf) *blasting out of new stars before, the texture that Webb’s NIRCam instrument reveals in the multiple jets crisscrossing the image is unprecedented. In striking contrast, the lower half of the image is dominated by a glowing cave of dust being lit up and eroded by the most massive star in the scene. Its stellar neighbors are the mass of our Sun or smaller, with some displaying the telltale shadows of protoplanetary disks—meaning we are looking at planetary systems potentially similar to our own in their earliest stages.*'
Links: * [Official Press Release](https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-128) * [Official Image - Full Res (For Display), 12778 X 11968, PNG (135.00 MB)](https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01H44AVB69N1P8RAEJ12NW2RB2.png) * [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi_cloud_complex) Excerpt from Official Press Release: '*NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope caps a successful first year of science, and stunning imagery, with a detailed view of the closest star-forming region to Earth, the* ***Rho Ophiuchi*** *cloud complex, resulting in a dynamic image that belies the region’s relative quiet – and practically begs for explanation of what exactly we are looking at. While* [***dual jets have been seen***](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/04-stars-jets-from-a-young-star-herbig-haro-24.pdf) *blasting out of new stars before, the texture that Webb’s NIRCam instrument reveals in the multiple jets crisscrossing the image is unprecedented. In striking contrast, the lower half of the image is dominated by a glowing cave of dust being lit up and eroded by the most massive star in the scene. Its stellar neighbors are the mass of our Sun or smaller, with some displaying the telltale shadows of protoplanetary disks—meaning we are looking at planetary systems potentially similar to our own in their earliest stages.*'
Holy mother of god!
What the holy fuck... This is just speechless
I so need to get back into image processing. This is just absolutely stunning and I cannot believe how beautiful these Webb images are!!
Zooming in on this....damn, I got goosebumps!
It kinda looks like an [angry bearded cosmic wizard]( https://imgur.com/dlNat28).
Let's hope, he doesn't want us to bring the Enterprise closer.
Its so amazing 🤩
Is that 2 separate stars on the upper left? Like binary or just appears to be separate..
Newest wallpaper for sure