Cosmic Echoes

Nebulae · 2022

Cosmic Cliffs

Carina Nebula, through Webb

Cosmic Cliffs
Distance
7,600 light-years
Telescopes
Webb

A landscape of star birth captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. What looks like a mountain range is a wall of gas and dust, carved by radiation from young stars.

What you’re hearing

The scan moves across the cliffs. You can listen to the full soundscape, or isolate the upper sky, the mountain-like gas, or the embedded stars.

Layers

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NASA source

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Arcand (CXC/SAO), M. Russo & A. Santaguida (SYSTEM Sounds)

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