Pan video: A pair of planet-forming discs
This month’s ESA/Webb Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars — with some potential planets thrown in as well! This visual highlights views from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of the protoplanetary discs Oph 163131 (shown first) and Tau 042021 (shown second). Tau 042021 is situated around 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus, while Oph 163131 lies about 480 light-years away in Ophiuchus. Learn more about these images here.
Credit:ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, ESA/Hubble, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), G. Duchêne, M. Villenave, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Music: Stellardrone - Twilight
About the Video
| Id: | potm2603a | |
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| Release date: | 13 April 2026, 09:00 | |
| Duration: | 30 s | |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps | |
About the Object
| Category: | MIRI NIRCam Pans Picture of the Month | |
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