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[ad_1] Marking the one-year anniversary of science observations with the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, NASA released a spectacular new image Wednesday showing the closest star-forming region to Earth, a colorfully chaotic tapestry of swirling gas studded with sun-like stars. The stellar nursery in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex features about 50 young stars, all similar to Earth's sun or smaller. NASA celebrated the first year of science observations with the James Webb Space Telescope with a new image showing a stellar nursery where about 50 young sun-like stars are lighting up the interstellar medium. Click here for a zoomable image. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI) "The darkest areas are the densest, where thick dust cocoons still-forming protostars," NASA said in a description of the photo, captured by Webb'

[ad_1] The James Webb Space Telescope has produced a stunning new image of Saturn and its rings, which appear to glow in the space telescope's first near-infrared observations of the planet.  NASA unveiled a color-corrected image  on Friday, several days after Webb's near-infrared camera turned to face Saturn along its journey through the outer solar system. Several of the planet's rings, as well as some moons in its orbit, are clearly visible in the rendering, while Saturn itself appears dark and shaded.  Image of Saturn and some of its moons, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument on June 25, 2023.  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Tiscareno (SETI Institute), M. Hedman (University of Idaho), M. El Moutamid (Cornell University), M. Showalter (SETI Institute), L. Fletcher (University of Leicester), H. Hammel (AURA); image processing by J. DePasquale (STScI)