the.com/cosmic cliffs
a stellar nursery so photogenic it broke the internet on its first day out.
means the edge of the carina nebula, where radiation from young hot stars carves gas and dust into towering glowing peaks.
from named for its jagged silhouette when the james webb space telescope released the image in july 2022, its infrared cameras turning an ordinary gas cloud into what looked like a mountain range lit by starlight.
actual sizeabout 7 light-years tall, edge to edge
the bumpseach one hides a still-forming baby star
true naturenot solid rock, just dense gas and dust