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, …