On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

Protostar L1527 IRS is located in a nebula of the constellation Taurus. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI / IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI) / NASA.

Lynds 483 (L483) is a star-forming region 650 light-years away in Serpens. The James Webb Telescope captured glowing jets ...

The Hubble Space Telescope searches the universe to understand how planets, stars, and galaxies form. Recently, it captured ...

The nebula L1527 and its erupting protostar put on a celestial fireworks display, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) ...

A protostar within the dark cloud L1527 has been seen gathering material from the nebula where it formed as well as carving out a space around it.

The nebula’s central “body” is a glowing protostar resembling a cosmic butterfly and is estimated to be around 100,000 years old. However, if that seems ancient, it is to remember that our ...

The Orion Nebula, the closest massive ... As the protostar accumulates material from its surroundings, it simultaneously expels energy and matter, creating shockwaves that heat the surrounding gas.

The nebula contains a shockingly large protostar that is, astronomers estimate, some 300 times larger than our Solar System and has a mass of 2,000 Suns. Even as astronomical objects go, that's ...

“Breathtaking” images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form.

Earlier this week, NASA released never-before-seen images of the Tarantula Nebula, revealing one of astronomers' favorite star clusters in new fantastic detail. Located in the Large Magellanic ...