Webb near-infrared image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula: a ridge of orange-brown gas and dust below a blue, star-speckled cavity.

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FEATURED DISCOVERY · SAMPLE ARTICLE Cliffs of gas where new stars are born The “Cosmic Cliffs” are the edge of a star-forming cavity in NGC 3324, part of the Carina Nebula. It was among Webb’s first full-colour images, released in July 2022. Read the story →

Image: NIRCam Image of the “Cosmic Cliffs” in Carina Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Licence: CC BY 4.0 via ESA/Webb: credit must be shown unchanged Source: esawebb.org ↗

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