Zoom video: Cat's Head Nebula
The NASA/ESA Hubble and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopes recently stared at an eerie star-forming scene within the Carina Nebula, a massive gas and dust cloud located approximately 7,500 light-years away from Earth. The two telescopes offer complementary views of the shadowy form, nicknamed the Cat’s Head Nebula, which reflects the “magical” process of star formation. Hubble’s visible-light view shows the cat as a dark, elongated dust pillar and hints of young forming stars, while Webb’s infrared-light imagery unveils many stars and other hidden details.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Depasquale (STScI), ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), J. Emerson, M. Irwin, J. Lewis, E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin
Music: Tonelabs – The Red North (www.tonelabs.com)
About the Video
| Id: | weic2622b | |
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| Release date: | 29 October 2026, 15:00 | |
| Related releases: | weic2622 | |
| Duration: | 01 m 10 s | |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps | |
