Cosmic Cliffs from the James Webb Telescope

Image of a region called Cosmic Cliffs, the edge of a cavernous area of the star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebula is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, but this image revealed hundreds of stars not previously observed because of the massive amounts of dust which obscured them. The infrared imagery of the Webb telescope could detect them. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth. NIRCam - with its crisp resolution and unparalleled sensitivity - unveils hundreds of previously hidden stars, and even numerous background galaxies.

这张图片展示了一个称为宇宙峭壁的区域，它是星形成区NGC 3324在船底星座星云中的边缘。船底星座星云位于银河系内，但这张图像揭示了数百颗此前未被观测到的恒星，这是因为大量尘埃遮蔽了它们。 Webb望远镜的红外成像能够探测到这些恒星。这张图像由NASA的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜上的近红外相机（NIRCam）以红外光捕捉，揭示了此前被遮蔽的恒星诞生区域。NIRCam - 以其清晰的分辨率和前所未有的灵敏度 - 揭示了数百颗此前隐藏的恒星，以及众多背景星系。

The Carina Nebula is roughly 7,600 light-years away from Earth. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula's wall by slowly eroding it away.

Carina星云距离地球约7,600光年。这个广阔区域是由中心泡状区域内极其巨大、炽热、年轻的恒星发出的强烈紫外线辐射和恒星风雕刻出来的。这些恒星的高能辐射正在缓慢地侵蚀星云的壁面。

The "steam" that appears to rise from the celestial "mountains" is actually hot, ionized gas and hot dust streaming away from the nebula due to intense, ultraviolet radiation.

似乎从天体‘山脉’上升起的‘蒸汽’，实际上是由星云中因强烈紫外线辐射而流离的高温、电离气体和高温尘埃。