Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Cassiopeia A light echoes

Cassiopeia A light echoes
Cassiopeia A light echoes This image, taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, shows interstellar gas and dust that has been heated by radiation from a supernova explosion. The material gives off infrared light in what is called a "light echo". NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jacob Jencson (Caltech/IPAC)