{"id":289337,"date":"2025-09-23T03:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7e7c0d218579ecf7696cf92d127c948c"},"modified":"2025-09-23T03:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:27:16","slug":"ic-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=289337","title":{"rendered":"IC Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?w=864\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Material resembling a tangle of dark pink hair swirls dramatically across the image. The picture is dotted with dozens of colorful orbs in various sizes.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=224,300 224w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=768,1028 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=765,1024 765w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=299,400 299w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=448,600 448w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/54735841713-aa9781d42e-o.jpg?resize=672,900 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">IC 348 is a star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Infrared: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Data from <a href=\"https:\/\/chandra.si.edu\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a> and NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope combine to reveal an otherworldly view of the star-forming region IC 348. In this image released on July 23, 2025, X-rays from Chandra are red, green, and blue, while infrared data from Webb are pink, orange, and purple.<\/p>\n<p>The wispy structures that dominate the image are interstellar material that reflect the light from the cluster\u2019s stars; this is known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/reflection-nebula\/\" rel=\"noopener\">reflection nebula.<\/a> The point-like sources in Chandra\u2019s X-ray data are young stars in the cluster developing there.<\/p>\n<p><em>Text credit: Megan Watzke<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Infrared: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Image Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/J. Major<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory and NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope combine to reveal an otherworldly view of the star-forming region IC 348. In this image released on July 23, 2025, X-rays from Chandra are red, green, and blue, while infrared data from Webb are pink, orange, and purple. 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