Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula

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Hubble image of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which lies just 7500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel).</p><p>Credit: NASA/ESA/UC Berkeley/STScI/NOAO/AURA/NSFhttps://www.universetoday.com/article_images/2000x960_20260819_203003.jpg" width="1280" />

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month takes us to a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and billowing winds sculpt dust clouds into inventive shapes.

This scene is from the Carina Nebula, which lies just 7500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel).

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