James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week

James Webb telescope finds a cosmic cloud of creation buried in the Sword of Orion — Space photo of the week

A new James Webb telescope snap shows off the glowing gas, sculpted jets and newborn stars lurking within the giant cosmic cloud OMC-2, located in the Sword of Orion.

Webb Packs Every Chapter of Star Formation Into One Striking Orion Image

Tucked behind the familiar glow of the Orion Nebula sits a stretch of space where new stars are taking shape right now on an impressive scale. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a northern section of the Orion Molecular Cloud 2, known as OMC-2, which forms part of the larger Orion A complex roughly 1280 [...]