James Webb reveals never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula

[gortex]

As an arachnophobe I don't like spiders but this one is pretty impressive ... and BIG !

Webb’s new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula’s outstretched lobes, which form the ‘legs’ of the spider. These lobes, shown in blue, are traced by light emitted from H2 molecules, which contain two hydrogen atoms bonded together.

Stretching over the entirety of NIRCam’s field of view, these lobes are shown to be closed, bubble-like structures that each extend about 3 light-years. Outflowing gas from the center of the nebula has inflated these massive bubbles over thousands of years.

Imaged last month James Webb's Near-InfraRed camera has given us a view of the Red Spider Nebula with detail never before seen.



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[babushka]

Looks like a infinity symbol. Still thinking about the mosquitos flying in figure eights, there is usually two or three circling the centerers. The rest of the swarm flies around in sinewave patterns. Reminds of ballooning spiders. Could be some kind of gnat also, they swarm next to the banyan tree at sunset

From google AI

Mosquitoes do not "ride" electric fields in the sense of using them for transport, but rather can sense and are repelled by high-voltage electric fields, which are being researched as a potential new method for pest control.
Mosquitoes and Electric Fields

Repulsion: Studies have demonstrated that mosquitoes (specifically Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito) are repelled by strong electric fields (EFs). In laboratory settings, electric fields with strengths around 3.66 kV/cm repelled over 50% of mosquitoes, while other studies using different setups achieved over 90% repellency.

Sensory Mechanism: The precise mechanism is still being researched, but it is believed that the electric field causes charged particles to deflect sensitive mechanosensory hairs or the antennae on the mosquito's body, which triggers a neural response and causes them to avoid the area.




https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11424001

Over a period of 23 hours, the number of host-seeking female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that were successfully repelled by EFs, using ICWs, at EF strengths ranging from 0 kV/cm (control) to 9.15 kV/cm were quantified. Mosquitoes were released inside a 220×220×180 cm room and lured into a BG-Pro trap that was equipped with a BG-counter and baited with CO2 using dry ice. Mosquitoes had to pass through an EF window, that contained a single row of ICWs with alternating polarity, to reach the bait. The baseline interaction between EF strength and repellency was assessed first, after which the impact of different ICW orientations and ICW distances on repellency were determined.

Over 50% of mosquitoes were repelled at EF strengths of ≥ 3.66 kV/cm. A linear regression model showed that a vertical ICW orientation (vertical vs. horizontal) had a small but insignificant increased impact on mosquito repellency (p = 0.059), and increasing ICW distance (while maintaining the same EF strength) significantly reduced repellency (p = 0.01).

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