ESA Webb Telescope
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ESA Webb Telescope
@ESA_Webb
Official @ESA feed for James #Webb Space Telescope – an international partnership between NASA, ESA and CSA #WebbSeesFarther #BFFinSpace with @Hubble_Space
Replying to @ESA_WebbRead more: esawebb.org/news/weic2610/ #WebbSeesFarther 📷 @NASA , @esa , @csa_asc , V. Kokorev (University of Texas at Austin), A. Pagan (STScI) 3/3- Replying to @ESA_WebbRecently, Webb captured the deepest spectrum to date of a little red dot known as GLIMPSE-17775. These data point to it being a black hole star! A black hole star 🕳️⭐ is a rapidly accreting black hole enveloped in a dense cocoon of gas, which is reprocessing the light emitted
- 🆕 This is the strongest evidence yet for ‘black hole stars’! Soon after Webb began its observations, it discovered a mysterious type of object in the early Universe known as little red dots (LRDs). What could they be? 🤔 1/3
- 🛎️ It's quiz time! This image from the #MIRI instrument on board Webb features Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy famous for its relative proximity and spectacular features.
- Zipping through the Orion Molecular Clouds ☁️ with Webb! And check out more .gifs at our giphy page: ow.ly/rqTV50Z9elb
GIF - Replying to @ESA_WebbMolecular clouds this one (OMC-2) are much denser than the rest of interstellar space, allowing the cloud to collapse and form protostars. The vast amounts of energy acquired as these young stars heat up is unleashed in fierce jets of plasma from their poles 🌟 3/4
- Replying to @ESA_WebbEvery stage of star formation — from the youngest stellar embryos, to protoplanetary discs, to newly-minted pre-main sequence stars — is contained within just this scene, which stretches 150 light-years across. 2/4
- 🆕 Our ESA/Webb Picture of the Month features protostars and shockwaves! Read more: esawebb.org/images/potm260… or 🧵👇 1/4
