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Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) (Chandra + Webb)
The Flame Nebula image features Chandra’s X-rays (purple) embedded within a dusty-grey landscape seen in infrared by James Webb. Several dozen young stars illuminate the gas ...
- Date
- May 18, 2026
- Observatory
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Credit
- NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
- Archive ID
- 698
The Flame Nebula image features Chandra’s X-rays (purple) embedded within a dusty-grey landscape seen in infrared by James Webb. Several dozen young stars illuminate the gas cloud, appearing as white cores surrounded by thick, neon purple-pink X-ray halos. This image captures the "stellar soil" of a region where stars are currently forming and beginning their life cycles.
Read more: chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/spring/more.html