It is beautiful and unknown, would say our dear Mario Hugo of 31 Minutes: The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the James Webb telescope captured a strange “green monster”.
The “green monster” captured by the James Webb telescope
As we told you here above, it was NASA itself that made it known through its official social networks, as on his Twitter accountthat he James Webb telescope caught just a very rare “green monster” in space.
Yes, this tool of the American scientists managed to observe unique and colorful details of one of the best observed points in all of space, right where a star exploded.
How did they discover the “green monster”?
NASA explains that the James Webb telescope was aimed at the glowing gas and dust of Cassiopeia A that was left over from a star that exploded in a supernova and from which its light first came about 340 years ago.
In fact, they pointed out that it is the youngest known supernova in our galaxyso it is also one of the most studied celestial objects by many terrestrial and space telescopes.
In short, towards this area of space they directed the telescope to find out if with its infrared capabilities you could catch something different and special that others hadn’t caught.
Surprise! The Webb telescope captured a “monster”, a bright green loop along the right side of the supernovawhich drew much attention from the researchers.
“We named it the Green Monster after Boston’s Fenway Park. If you look closely, you see that he is dotted with what look like mini bubbles.”explained Danny Milisavljevic, an assistant professor at Purdue University and principal investigator for the Webb program that captured the new observations, in a statement. “Its shape and complexity are unexpected and difficult to understand”he added.
What other things did they find?
It should be noted that the new infrared image of Cassiopeia A obtained by the James Webb telescope was translated into visible light so that the human eye could better observe it. In this way, the red and orange light on the outside of the supernova pointed to hot dust, where material ejected from the star before it exploded continues to collide with the gas and dust around it.
Furthermore, inside the bubble-shaped structure is a bright pink light with features that resemble clusters and knots. Yes, according to the experts, this material comes from the exploded star and includes elements such as argon, neon, and oxygen.
But hey, the experts are still trying to understand what make up the different colors of the image.
Now to finish, we tell you that Cassiopeia A is located 11 thousand light years away, in the constellation Cassiopeia, and the remnant extends over 10 light-years. And observations of it allow scientists to know how do stellar explosions occur.
