A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look at Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) released today also answers a ...

However, the nature of the fuzzy object at the tip of the "tornado" remained ... extraordinary cosmic coincidence' and one of the most remarkable images ever captured by the JWST.

Languages: English. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has solved the 19-year mystery of the "Cosmic Tornado," a strange, twisteresque object some 630 light years from Earth. First seen by the ...

It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to ... located at its tip — but JWST's are. Using Webb's NIRCam and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), astronomers have captured glowing hydrogen and ...

the jet heated up cosmic gas and dust that eventually cooled to produce the reddish-orange tornado appearance. JWST captured hydrogen molecules, carbon monoxide molecules, and grains of dust that have ...

This 'cosmic tornado' happened 625 light years away in a part of space where stars are being born. The amazing jets of light on display are what happens when the outflows of forming stars reach ...