{"id":289338,"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=289338","title":{"rendered":"IC Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IC 348 is a star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.<\/div>\n
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

Data from 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

The wispy structures that dominate the image are interstellar material that reflect the light from the cluster\u2019s stars; this is known as a reflection nebula.<\/a> The point-like sources in Chandra\u2019s X-ray data are young stars in the cluster developing there.<\/p>\n

Text credit: Megan Watzke<\/em><\/p>\n

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":"

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. The wispy structures that dominate [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"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":[15670,15772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chandra-x-ray-observatory","category-star-forming-nebulae"],"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