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  "id": 5958499,
  "title": "James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy's rarest stars inside the 'Treasure Chest' globule — Space photo of the week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/james-webb-telescope-finds-one-of-our-galaxys-rarest-stars-inside-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-06T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Science",
    "slug": "live-science",
    "url": "https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-telescope-finds-one-of-our-galaxys-rarest-stars-inside-the-treasure-chest-globule-space-photo-of-the-week"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unveiled a breathtaking image of the \"Treasure Chest,\" a cometary globule nestled within the Carina Nebula, located roughly 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina. This unique cloud, resembling an open treasure chest among the stars, is home to dozens of newborn suns.\n\nThe nebula, approximately 260 light-years across, is teeming with some of the Milky Way's most massive stars and tens of thousands of young protostars. The Treasure Chest itself is a cometary globule, characterized by its dense, dark head and sweeping tail. Despite its comet-like appearance, it more closely resembles a wooden chest with its lid propped open, emitting light from within.\n\nUtilizing its Near-Infrared Camera, JWST captured an image of the cluster of young stars embedded in the dust, revealing a rare O-type star measuring about 19 times the mass of our sun. Astronomers estimate the cluster to be around 1.3 million years old, though earlier estimates suggested it may be as young as 100,000 years. Many stars within the cluster are still enveloped by the gas and dust from which they were born.\n\nThe distinctive shape of the Treasure Chest is also influenced by its neighboring star, Eta Carinae, the most luminous object in the Carina Nebula. Approximately 39 light-years away, Eta Carinae underwent a cataclysmic \"Great Eruption\" in the 19th century, becoming one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky. Its intense radiation and stellar winds are gradually eroding the cloud, sculpting its unique form and eventually exposing the stars hidden within.",
  "summary": "A dazzling new James Webb Space Telescope image reveals about 70 newborn stars buried inside a strangely shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula.",
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        "outlet": "Space.com",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hubble-telescope-sees-spectacular-superbubble-space-photo-of-the-day",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/hubble-space-telescope-captures-nebula-superbubble",
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    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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