Posted on 08/01/2022 4:00:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. More precisely, the energetic light and winds from massive newly formed stars are evaporating and dispersing the dusty stellar nurseries in which they formed. Located in the Carina Nebula and known informally as Mystic Mountain, these pillar's appearance is dominated by the dark dust even though it is composed mostly of clear hydrogen gas. Dust pillars such as these are actually much thinner than air and only appear as mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque interstellar dust. About 7,500 light-years distant, the featured image was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and highlights an interior region of Carina which spans about three light years. Within a few million years, the stars will likely win out completely and the entire dust mountain will evaporate.
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Center left is a Yeti blowing dust out of gigantic nostrils.
āItās stars versus dustā!
Hollywood takes on the janitors!
āDave the janitor has Johnny Depp in the Laotian Leg Squeeze!ā
Quick!
Launch the Z-36 Galactic Dust Mop!
You donāt want him anywhere near earth!
Why can’t we get images from the James Webb Space Telescope?
Cosmic Bull-riding Show.
We have had several images from the James Webb telescope, but it had a micro meteor impact to one of the mirror segments of the IR telescope and they may be trying to figure out what to do.
That answers my question. I was afraid that meteor impact has caused some problems.
Dust abhors a vaccuum.
I see dust like this when I clean out the inside of my computer....
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