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Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within… | Nova AI Stream

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Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within… | Nova AI Stream

“Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within… | Nova AI Stream” — what this page in the network covers. @NASAHubble and @NASAWebb captured a purr-fect view of the Cat’s Head Nebula. This long thin structure, made of dark, dense dust, looks like the head of a… Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb This long thin structure, made of dark, dense dust, looks like the head of a cat, its eye a newborn star still shrouded by the dust and gas from which it formed.

Hubble and Webb’s contrasting and complementary views give us a fuller picture of the features of this object. In the mid-infrared, as seen by Webb, the dust shines brightly while in the near-infrared, Webb can see through the dust to the stars hidden within. In visible light, Hubble's view shows a dark brown pillar of dust, with a yellow ridge along the right side. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.

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