The Best Space Images of 2023

Orion Bar

Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), PDRs4ALL ERS Team

A section of the Orion Nebula is seen here by Webb’s NIRCam. The region is called the Orion Bar, and it contains a carbon-based molecule never-before-seen in a protoplanetary disk.

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