NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb
The Official *NASA* Webb X account.
The world's most powerful space telescope. Launched: Dec. 25, 2021. First images revealed: July 12, 2022.
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How close is too close to a black hole? Asking for a friend. 😬
Webb just revealed dust and water surviving in the extreme environment of a star located near our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*!
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Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of the Tarantula Nebula from NASA's Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Webb (red). More:
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