A million miles from Earth, the most powerful space telescope is sending back pictures of the universe.
NASA describes the Tarantula Nebula as a chaotic region of star birth that is 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The dusty filaments that appear in earlier images captured by other telescopes are a favorite of astronomer with a special interest in star formation. The chemical composition and development of the nebula are similar to the star forming regions of the universe when it was just a few billion years old.
The center of the image, also known as 30 Doradus, has been destroyed by intense radiation from a group of young stars.
According to NASA, only the densest surrounding areas of the nebula are resistant to erosion by the stars.
New kinds of images that reveal events behind the thick clouds of stellar nurseries are being sent back by the advanced IR cameras of the telescope.
NASA said that webb has begun revealing a universe never seen before and is only beginning to rewrite the stellar creation story.
A joint mission involving NASA and its European and Canadian counterparts was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida towards the end of the 21st century.
Since reaching its orbital position in deep space earlier in the summer, it has been sending back incredible imagery for scientists to look for planets like ours that could support life.
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