Nebulosa de la Llama (NGC 2024) (Chandra + Webb)
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NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
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.
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