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Arthurs-towel42 t1_iuf1uy4 wrote

Just sublime. The first image in 1995 then 2014, now this! As a kid first seeing the Eagle nebula image & realising the magnificence of space, well the Webb is making me estatic all over again. All the teams/people behind this should be so proud!

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Unusual_Ant_5309 t1_iuflygb wrote

This image is amazing and it stops me in my tracks every time I see it. I am embarrassed to ask though, what am I looking at? Is it solid? Do gasses exist in space?

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PhoenixReborn t1_iufosnr wrote

Clouds of gas (mostly hydrogen) and dust. Gravity pulls the gas molecules together until it becomes hot and massive enough to trigger nuclear fusion and birth a star. These newborn stars jettison radiation which erodes the surrounding nebula, forming the iconic pillars and wispy billowing clouds.

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SimonTheisen t1_iufkfzg wrote

This has to be one of the craziest things to be ever photographed...this is so sick

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4Gotes t1_iuf9pxu wrote

pareidolia lets me see is a group of meercats standing up and looking around for predators

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NapClub t1_iugkkxy wrote

Looks to me like a figure fleeing several others.

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Pleasant_Ad_7694 t1_iufmrwe wrote

There's a skull in one of the pillars and it is creeping me out.. it's makes me feel like it is a big death cloud searching for life to eat on. Or entire Galaxies.

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Benzjie t1_iugjdtu wrote

For me, this is the best phone background ever.

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The_Swedish t1_iui0cpa wrote

Is there a way to have it in a better resolution?

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zeeblecroid t1_iuio6td wrote

There probably isn't. MIRI's a much lower-resolution instrument than NIRCam both in general and because of the wavelengths it's looking at, so it's always going to produce smaller images.

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Persephonette t1_iui7gcr wrote

Why are the stars hexagonal? Some result of the lens they used?

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dratsablive t1_iuicydz wrote

When I first saw this image, I thought of a Celestial.

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Narethii t1_iuiili9 wrote

This colouring almost makes me want to title this image: The claw

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