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James Webb Space Telescope Opens Up a Cosmic Treasure Chest
['Jeremy Gray']
PetaPixel
The newest NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month delivers a spectacularly colorful look at a cosmic “Treasure Chest,” a neat feature of the nearby Carina Nebula, located just 7,500 light-years away.
The Treasure Chest, as it’s called, is actually a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula.
While the clouds of gas and dust typically look like comets, hence the name, in the case of the Treasure Chest, it looks more like, well, an open treasure chest.
These young stars tucked within the Treasure Chest are what give the cosmic spectacle its glow, which the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) can detect through the cosmic dust surrounding it.
“Because of its youth, the cluster is still deeply embedded within the dusty clouds of the Treasure Chest.