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James Webb telescope reveals 'cosmic tornado'

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James Webb telescope reveals 'cosmic tornado' in best detail ever — and finds part of it is not what it seems

The image reveals an outflow of hot gas from a newborn star — known as a Herbig-Haro object — situated about 625 light-years from Earth in the constellation Chamaeleon. This s

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NASA's Webb Reveals Secrets of the 'Cosmic Tornado'

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has solved the 19-year mystery of the "Cosmic Tornado," a strange, twisteresque object some 630 light years from Earth. First seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006, the tornado is what scientists call a "Herbig-Haro" object: an energetic outflow associated with the formation of a nearby star.

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'Cosmic tornado' swirls in breathtaking new James Webb Space Telescope image

HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's images weren't clear enough to discern the fuzzy object located at its tip — but JWST 's are.

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Webb reveals that's no star over there. It's an entire freaking galaxy.

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...

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James Webb captures gorgeous image of a Cosmic Tornado

Another stunning image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a plume of warm dust and gas formed by jets from a baby star ...

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James Webb captures mesmerising swirls of a ‘cosmic tornado’ and a hidden galaxy in space

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope catches a rare cosmic coincidence: the collision of a spiral galaxy and a jet from an ...

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'Frothy,' cosmic tornado captured in new images from NASA's Webb telescope

Frothy and resembling an ice cream sundae — that’s how NASA described a newly-released, stunning image of a cosmic tornado ...

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James Webb Space Telescope could find signs of life on alien 'hycean' ocean worlds

Hycean worlds, which are a possible kind of exoplanet with deep oceans surrounded by a thick envelope of hydrogen, could ...

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Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

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Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet CO₂ for first time

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

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Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Galaxy Behind “Cosmic Tornado”

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

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Mysterious James Webb Discovery Could Mean We Live in a Black Hole

A new discovery using the James Webb Telescope has implied we may live in a black hole. The telescope, launched by NASA three ...

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