This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
This NASA F-16XL-2 aircraft was used during 1995-96 for the Supersonic Laminar Flow Control project to demonstrate that airflow could smoothly pass over a swept wing flying at supersonic speed. To achieve this, millions of tiny holes were drilled into a titanium “glove” that covered much of the aircraft’s left wing. The holes helped direct the airflow over the wing so it would remain laminar, or the opposite of turbulent.Read More