X-ray observations have revealed something curious about the young star that illuminates McNeil’s Nebula, a glowing jewel of cosmic dust in the Orion constellation: The object is a protostar rotating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel to James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instrument views of protostar L1527. The protostar is about 100,000 years ...

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After years of speculation, scientists finally believe they have figured out the crystal conundrum thanks to new imaging from ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527 with its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), providing insight into the ...

A stunning corner of the cosmos was recently revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, and astronomers think the find will unveil more about the mysteries of both star and planet formation. Hiding ...

UNITED STATES, — NASA released a new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope of a young celestial object becoming a star to celebrate America's birthday. The fiery hourglass shape is created ...

Diffuse organic compounds give the molecular plumes in this image their blue shade, though as the James Webb Space Telescope initially captured the gas and dust clouds in infrared, color filters have ...

Day 18 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: an energetic protostar. FS Tau is a multi-star system made up of FS Tau A, the bright starlike object near the middle of the image, and FS Tau B ...

Using data from orbiting observatories, including NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based facilities, an international team of astronomers has discovered an outburst from a star thought to be ...

The protostar is launching the longest outburst ever seen at 32 light-years long.