Colours your eyes cannot see
Webb recorded the star-forming region IC 348, about 1,000 light-years away, in infrared. The displayed blue, green and red colours represent different infrared filters.
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Light can echo, too
The star V838 Monocerotis brightened suddenly for several weeks in 2002. Hubble later captured changing illumination in the surrounding dusty clouds: a light echo.
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A collision that builds new stars
The Antennae are a pair of merging galaxies. Their encounter drives star formation, including bright, compact groups called super star clusters.
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Uranus has rings, too
Webb’s near-infrared camera captured the faint inner and outer rings of Uranus. The image also shows a bright seasonal cap around the planet’s north pole.
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