NASA has released a new image of a young star system captured by the James Webb Space Telescope! 🔭
Located approximately 450 light-years from Earth, the system harbors protostars aged 1–3 million years that are still in a stage of active growth.
These objects continue to accumulate mass from the surrounding cloud of gas and dust, but the process is uneven. Some of the material never reaches the star; instead, it is ejected back out as jets and expanding flows, creating a complex structure around the system.
New observations by James Webb reveal that these ejections occur episodically, with noticeable gaps between active phases. This supports a model in which young stars grow in spurts rather than continuously. ✨
Super! 💫
Data from @chandraxray has uncovered possible remains of a supernova in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this supernova piece would be one of the closest to our galaxy’s central black hole that we have ever found. https://t.co/gI5TfSJ45E
The artist of our solar system 🎨🖌️
Tumultuous storms and clouds in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere paint a mosaic across the gas giant. This image combines four views captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2019.