Webb captures commotion from nebula's stellar jets
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured detailed infrared images of the NGC 7129 stellar nursery, revealing stars previously hidden by dust. The observations provide new insights into how massive stars form and influence their surrounding environment.
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Advances scientific understanding of star formation and the life cycles of massive celestial objects.
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Add as preferred source Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI). CC BY 4.0 INT The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled numerous stars formerly hidden by clouds of dust in a stellar nursery known as NGC 7129—a cauldron of cosmic creation, 3,300 light-years from Earth. Webb captured infrared light, which pierces through the dense matter that scatters or absorbs other types of light. This region, rife with stellar objects in different stages of their lives, offers an opportunity to explore how stars shape their surroundings.
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