Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D

  • Released Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made history, revealing a breathtaking view of a region now nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs.

This glittering landscape, captured in incredible detail, is part of the nebula Gum 31 — a small piece of the vast Carina Nebula Complex — where stars are born amid clouds of gas and dust.

This visualization brings Webb’s iconic image to life — helping us imagine the true, three-dimensional structure of the universe… and our place within it.

For more information, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.

Credit:
Producer: Greg Bacon & Frank Summers (STScI), NASA’s Universe of Learning, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Visualization: Greg Bacon, Ralf Crawford, Joseph DePasquale, Leah Hustak, Danielle Kirshenblat, Christian Nieves, Joseph Olmsted, Alyssa Pagan, & Frank Summers (STScI)
Author of Original Release: Christine Pulliam
Narrator: Jacob Pinter
Support/Editor for Shortened Version: Paul Morris
Images: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci


Music Credit:
"One Way Journey" by Timothy James Cormick [PRS], and Matthew Jacob Loveridge via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM EDT.