When an "imaging artifact" turns out to be one of the wildest things we've ever observed in the universe.
A supermassive black hole.
Ejected from its galaxy.
Compressed gas in its wake.
AND FORMED A 200,000 LIGHT-YEAR LONG STRING OF STARS.
WHAT.
Countdown to a new star ⏳
Hidden in the neck of this “hourglass” of light are the very beginnings of a new star — a protostar. The clouds of dust and gas within this region are only visible in infrared light, the wavelengths that Webb specializes in: https://t.co/DtazblATMW