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Rho Ophiuchi — A Stellar Nursery in Unprecedented Detail
(NIRCam image by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope)

To mark its first anniversary, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered a breathtaking portrait of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex — the closest star-forming region to Earth.

This stunning image reveals newborn stars emerging from clouds of gas and dust, captured in incredible detail with Webb’s NIRCam. The texture is almost impressionistic, filled with glowing filaments, swirling shadows, and bursts of light from stars just beginning their lives.

It’s star birth as we've never seen it before — raw, beautiful, and cosmic.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

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