Seeing Sagittarius C in a New Light

A star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is seen in exceptional detail in this image from Nov. 20, 2023, thanks to the Near-Infrared Camera instrument on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sgr C region, along with some never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. […]
Posted on November 20, 2023
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

2
13
296
2
1
6
2
6
1
1
1
1
3
1
38
107
10
177
1
5
4
12
3
45
28
3
4
1
1
1
545
1
197
11
6
2
3
3
Io
3
7
10
1
33
4
3
1
4
16
1
239
2
160
1
26
10
10
5
1
1
1
16
2
1
6
19
3
77
1
36
1
2
4
1

Blog Posts

Newsletter Archive