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Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (University of Gent)","original_date":{"stamp":1702166400,"display":"December 10th, 2023"},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=262\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cassiopeia A, a circular-shaped cloud of gas and dust with complex structure. The inner shell is made of bright pink and orange filaments studded with clumps and knots that look like tiny pieces of shattered glass. Around the exterior of the inner shell, particularly at the upper right, there are curtains of wispy gas that look like campfire smoke. The white smoke-like material also appears to fill the cavity of the inner shell, featuring structures shaped like large bubbles. Around and within the nebula, there are various stars seen as points of blue and white light. Outside the nebula, there are also clumps of yellow dust, with a particularly large clump at the bottom right corner that appears to have very detailed striations.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png 11694w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=262,300 262w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=768,880 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=894,1024 894w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1341,1536 1341w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1788,2048 1788w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=349,400 349w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=524,600 524w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=786,900 786w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1048,1200 1048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1746,2000 1746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s new view of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) in near-infrared light is giving astronomers hints at the dynamical processes occurring within the supernova remnant. Tiny clumps represented in bright pink and orange make up the supernova\u2019s inner shell, and are comprised of sulfur, oxygen, argon, and neon from the star itself. A large, striated blob at the bottom right corner of the image, nicknamed Baby Cas A, is one of the few light echoes visible NIRCam\u2019s field of view. In this image, red, green, and blue were assigned to Webb\u2019s NIRCam data at 4.4, 3.56, and 1.62 microns (F444W, F356W, and F162M, respectively).<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s new view of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) in near-infrared light is giving astronomers hints at the dynamical processes occurring within the supernova remnant. Tiny clumps represented in bright pink and orange make up the supernova\u2019s inner shell, and are comprised of sulfur, oxygen, argon, and neon from the star itself. A large, striated blob at the bottom right corner of the image, nicknamed Baby Cas A, is one of the few light echoes visible NIRCam\u2019s field of view. In this image, red, green, and blue were assigned to Webb\u2019s NIRCam data at 4.4, 3.56, and 1.62 microns (F444W, F356W, and F162M, respectively).<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Cassiopeia A, a circular-shaped cloud of gas and dust with complex structure. The inner shell is made of bright pink and orange filaments studded with clumps and knots that look like tiny pieces of shattered glass. Around the exterior of the inner shell, particularly at the upper right, there are curtains of wispy gas that look like campfire smoke. The white smoke-like material also appears to fill the cavity of the inner shell, featuring structures shaped like large bubbles. Around and within the nebula, there are various stars seen as points of blue and white light. Outside the nebula, there are also clumps of yellow dust, with a particularly large clump at the bottom right corner that appears to have very detailed striations.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/png","media_details":{"width":11694,"height":13392,"file":"2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png","filesize":160401079,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=262,300","width":262,"height":300,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=262"},"medium_large":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=768,880","width":768,"height":880,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=894,1024","width":894,"height":1024,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=894"},"1536x1536":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1341,1536","width":1341,"height":1536,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=1341"},"2048x2048":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1788,2048","width":1788,"height":2048,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=1788"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=349,400","width":349,"height":400,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=349"},"card-sm":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=524,600","width":524,"height":600,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=524"},"card-md":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=786,900","width":786,"height":900,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=786"},"card-lg":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1048,1200","width":1048,"height":1200,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=1048"},"fullwidth":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?resize=1746,2000","width":1746,"height":2000,"filesize":160401079,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png?w=1746"},"full":{"file":"53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png","width":1024,"height":1173,"mime_type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/53389652123-d38edbe3d7-o.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, D. 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