protostar

Discover the birth of a new star: the Webb Space Telescope captures once-hidden features of a protostar

Discover the birth of a new star: the Webb Space Telescope captures once-hidden features of a protostar

The protostar in the dark cloud L1527, shown in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is embedded in a cloud of material fueling its growth. Ejections from the star have cleared cavities above and below, the edges of which glow orange and blue in this infrared view. Credits: NASA, …

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A cosmic hourglass: Webb captures an image of a protostar shrouded in dark clouds

A cosmic hourglass: Webb captures an image of a protostar shrouded in dark clouds

The L1527 protostar is embedded in a cloud of matter that fuels its growth. Last month, the James Webb Telescope gave us a spectacular new image of the Pillars of Creation, arguably the most famous image taken by Webb’s predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, in 1995. Now the telescope gives astronomers for clues about the …

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