Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a breathtaking image of Lynds Bright Nebula 483 (LBN 483), a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...
The nebula collapsed under its own gravity and, as it did, temperature and pressure increased. It became denser and rotated more rapidly, spiralling inwards. The hot core in the centre is called a ...
The nebula's gravity pulls the dispersed gas and dust particles together, causing them to clump and eventually collapse into denser regions to form new stars. "This dust is different from ordinary ...