James Webb telescope makes incredible universe discovery and finds part of it is not what it seems

NASA's James Webb telescope has captured an incredible image in its 'best ever detail' - but something about the discovery is not as it initially seems.

The $10 billion telescope continues to provide some stunning images from outer space and usually, there are some pretty significant scientific discoveries that come with it, including a rare comet-asteroid hybrid which was found within our solar system earlier this year.

The JWST, which is an advanced version of the Hubble Space Telescope, was launched into space in 2021 and has been providing fascinating insights into space ever since, with scientists even being led to believe that the universe could be well over 20 billion years old, rather than around 14 billion years old as has been thought by cosmologists for many years.

The latest image is the best image yet of a cosmic tornado that was first discovered in 2006, with NASA providing the humorous but also fairly accurate description of the tornado looking like an 'ice cream sundae with a cherry on top'.

However, this isn't something you'd want to try and lick, given that it is reportedly travelling between 60 and 190 miles per second.

NASA has identified the speedy spatial structure as a 'Herbig-Haro 49/50', which are 'outflows produced by jets launched from a nearby, forming star'.

The James Webb telescope's picture of Herbig-Haro 49/50 (NASA/James Webb Telescope)

The experts say: "The outflows, which can extend for light-years, plow into a denser region of material.

"This creates shock waves, heating the material to higher temperatures. The material then cools by emitting light at visible and infrared wavelengths."

For those of you who are concerned, or perhaps curious, about your chances of coming across this particular Herbig Haro, your chances are pretty slim.

It was pictured about 625 light-years from Earth in the constellation Chamaeleon, which is too far for even the Hardest Geezer to run.

For those of you who are unsure how far one lightyear is, it's about six trillion miles.

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to make astonishing discoveries (Getty Stock Image)

Ironically, this is actually one of the closest known star formations in our Milky Way, with the cloud complex seemingly similar to the conditions that are own sun was formed in.

While many of you looking at the photo would assume that the fuzzy object at the top of the pillar of gas might be a feature of HH 49/50, it's actually something else entirely, and was seemingly captured in a lucky coincidence.

NASA confirm that the images are actually showing a distant spiral galaxy in the background, although that galaxy will at some point in the distant future, no longer be visible as the gas spreads.