{"id":136286,"date":"2023-08-14T17:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=136286"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:01:53","slug":"nasa-telescope-spots-cosmic-question-mark-in-deep-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/nasa-telescope-spots-cosmic-question-mark-in-deep-space\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA telescope spots cosmic question mark in deep space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6nswb3000p87p9acy417uh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA\u2019s\u00a0James Webb Space Telescope\u00a0and scientists think they know what it might be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000e3b6fu826gum0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The\u00a0original near-infrared image, released July 26, depicted a pair of young stars named Herbig-Haro 46\/47. Found 1,470 light-years away in the Vela constellation within the Milky Way galaxy, the stars are still actively forming and closely orbiting each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000f3b6f1mkem0j0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The two have been observed and studied by space and ground-based telescopes since the 1950s, but the highly sensitive Webb telescope allowed for the highest-resolution and most detailed image yet. It has the capacity to\u00a0observe the universe\u00a0with longer wavelengths of light than\u00a0other space telescopes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-dynamic ad-slot-dynamic--1\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot-dynamic\/instances\/sharethrough@published\" data-placement=\"{&quot;mobile&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:5},&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:3}}\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot\/instances\/cnn-v1@published\" data-path=\"end\/ad-slot-dynamic[0]\/items\" data-desktop-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-mobile-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000g3b6fxhisk0ib@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The Webb telescope illuminates information about the origins of our universe, but the appearance of this mysterious object in the background of this image leaves more questions than answers. The cosmic question mark hasn\u2019t been closely observed or studied, so scientists aren\u2019t exactly sure about the object\u2019s origins and makeup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000h3b6f8awux0le@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">But they do have a few ideas based on its shape and location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000i3b6f7vhj8cej@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cThe very first thing you can rule out is that it\u2019s a star in the Milky Way,\u201d said Matt Caplan, assistant professor of physics at Illinois State University. \u201cStars always have these really big spikes, and that\u2019s because stars are point-like. It\u2019s called diffraction from basically the edges of the mirrors and the struts that support the sort of camera in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000j3b6fd2i4kjfz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The Webb telescope usually allows you to see six or eight stellar \u201cprongs\u201d if you look closely, Caplan added. \u201cIt tells you immediately that it\u2019s not a star,\u201d he said of the question-mark-shaped phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cll6w2dsi000j3b6fd2i4kjfz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">Source: CNN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cosmic object in the shape of a glowing question mark has photobombed one of the latest images captured by NASA\u2019s\u00a0James Webb Space Telescope\u00a0and scientists think they know what it might be. 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