Westerlund 2 Shimmers in Pink as Chandra and Webb Telescopes Peer into Its Stellar Nursery

Photo credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given Astronomers released a composite image of Westerlund 2 that merges X-ray observations from Chandra with infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The result turns a distant star cluster into a scene of gleaming points ringed by neon pink against swaths of warmer dust tones. Dozens of stars jump [...]

Jun 1, 2026 0 6

Westerlund 2 Shimmers in Pink as Chandra and Webb Telescopes Peer into Its Stellar Nursery

Photo credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham/Emmett Given Astronomers released a composite image of Westerlund 2 that merges X-ray observations from Chandra with infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The result turns a distant star cluster into a scene of gleaming points ringed by neon pink against swaths of warmer dust tones. Dozens of stars jump [...]

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