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NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals
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Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates,…

Jan 21, 2026
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Protostar EC 53 in the Serpens Nebula (NIRCam Compass Image)
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This image of protostar EC 53 in the Serpens Nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera…

Jan 21, 2026
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Silicate Crystallization and Movement Near Protostar EC 53 (Illustration)
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This illustration represents half the disk of gas and dust surrounding the protostar EC 53. Stellar outbursts periodically form crystalline…

Jan 21, 2026
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Protostar EC 53 in the Serpens Nebula (NIRCam Image)
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled. Researchers using new data from Webb’s MIRI…

Jan 21, 2026
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Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures
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Newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.…

Jan 17, 2026
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Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation
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While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is…

Jan 16, 2026
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Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks
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This collection of new images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and…

Jan 15, 2026
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Hubble Observes Stars Flaring to Life in Orion
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Just-forming stars, called protostars, dazzle a cloudy landscape in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex (OMC). These three new images from…

Jan 14, 2026
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Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects
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A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 1333 in this new…

Jan 13, 2026
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