NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has infrared vision that lets us peer through the dusty veil of nearby star-forming region NGC 1333. We can see planetary mass objects, newborn stars, and brown dwarfs; some of the faintest “stars” in this mosaic image are in fact newly born free-floating brown dwarfs with masses comparable to those of giant planets.
The images were captured as part of a Webb observation program to survey a large portion of NGC 1333. These data constitute the first deep spectroscopic survey of the young cluster.
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Image: James Webb Space Telescope observes nearby star-forming region NGC 1333 in infrared (2024, September 11)
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