Tag Archive for 'Bear Claw Nebula'

This Webb image shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region located 5,500 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb Celebrates Its 3rd Anniversary with Awesome Photo of Cat’s Paw Nebula

Jul 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image a portion of the Cat’s Paw...

This image from Spitzer’s IRAC and MIPS instruments shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Spitzer Observes Cat’s Paw Nebula

Oct 30, 2018 by News Staff

New images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope show the star-forming region NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula. This...