Webb reveals young stars and jets in the NGC 7129 nebula
NASA says the telescope’s infrared observations show protostars and stars emerging from dust in a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years away.
- NASA’s image depicts hot atomic hydrogen in gold and cooler molecular hydrogen, shocked by protostars, in red.
- The agency says the cluster’s stars are at different stages of development.
The observations show how infrared imaging can reveal young stars hidden by dust.
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NASA says the James Webb Space Telescope revealed numerous protostars and stars in NGC 7129, a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years from Earth. The agency describes Webb’s infrared sensitivity as allowing astronomers to look through dusty regions that can obscure young stars from other telescopes.
NASA says the cluster contains stars in different stages of development, with more massive stars forming and evolving faster. The source item provides no additional details about the observations’ publication or follow-up work.
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Webb reveals young stars and jets in the NGC 7129 nebulaNASA
NASA says the telescope’s infrared observations show protostars and stars emerging from dust in a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years away.NASA
NASA’s image depicts hot atomic hydrogen in gold and cooler molecular hydrogen, shocked by protostars, in red.NASA
The agency says the cluster’s stars are at different stages of development.NASA
The observations show how infrared imaging can reveal young stars hidden by dust.NASA
NASA says the James Webb Space Telescope revealed numerous protostars and stars in NGC 7129, a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years from Earth.NASA
The agency describes Webb’s infrared sensitivity as allowing astronomers to look through dusty regions that can obscure young stars from other telescopes.NASA
NASA says the cluster contains stars in different stages of development, with more massive stars forming and evolving faster.NASA
The source item provides no additional details about the observations’ publication or follow-up work.NASA