A prominent protostar in Perseus

A prominent protostar in Perseus

[ad_1] This new Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate details of the Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797). Herbig-Haro objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars (known as protostars), and are formed when...
4 of the weirdest objects in space

4 of the weirdest objects in space

[ad_1] An image of the area surrounding Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, in X-ray and infrared light. X-ray: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al.; IR: NASA/STScI The universe is filled with bizarre objects. Then again, Earth is...
JWST Reveals Protoplanetary Disks in a Nearby Star Cluster

JWST Reveals Protoplanetary Disks in a Nearby Star Cluster

[ad_1] The Orion Nebula is a favourite among stargazers, certainly one of mine. It’s a giant stellar nebula out of which, hot young stars are forming. Telescopically to the eye it appears as a grey/green haze of wonderment but cameras reveal the true glory of these...