{"id":200282,"date":"2025-04-15T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=72febff32e3433ef3201178f378d48c1"},"modified":"2025-04-15T04:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:23:00","slug":"sculpted-by-luminous-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=200282","title":{"rendered":"Sculpted by Luminous Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ESA\/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA\/Hubble)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the\u00a0James Webb Space Telescope<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>\u00a0have released images of NGC 346 previously, this image includes new data and is the first to combine Hubble observations made at infrared, optical, and ultraviolet wavelengths into an intricately detailed view of this vibrant star-forming factory.<\/p>\n

Hubble\u2019s exquisite sensitivity and resolution were instrumental in\u00a0uncovering the secrets<\/a>\u00a0of NGC 346\u2019s star formation. Using two sets of observations taken 11 years apart, researchers traced the motions of NGC 346\u2019s stars, revealing them to be spiraling in toward the center of the cluster. This spiraling motion arises from a stream of gas from outside of the cluster that fuels star formation in the center of the turbulent cloud.<\/p>\n

Learn more about NGC 346 and the nebula it has shaped.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: ESA\/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA\/Hubble)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the\u00a0James Webb Space Telescope\u00a0and\u00a0the Hubble Space Telescope\u00a0have released images of NGC 346 previously, this image includes new data and is the first to combine Hubble observations made at infrared, optical, and ultraviolet wavelengths into an intricately detailed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15615,15675],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hubble-space-telescope","category-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t