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How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins
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In the space between stars, dark clouds of gas, dust, and ice mingle in a chemical laboratory unlike any on…

Sep 30, 2025
How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Our Home Galaxy Using Cosmic Dust
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy’s less sparkly components — gas…

Sep 16, 2025
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Webb Telescope Reveals the Protostar L1527 IRS
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Explore the formation of a star as can only be seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. This 3D visualization…

Mar 31, 2025
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Like Sands Through the Hourglass…
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Two actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering hourglass-shaped ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue,…

Mar 24, 2025
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Actively Forming Star System Lynds 483 (NIRCam Image)
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Shimmering ejections emitted by two actively forming stars make up Lynds 483 (L483). High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James…

Mar 7, 2025
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Lynds 483 (NIRCam Compass Image)
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This image of protostar Lynds 483 (L483), captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), shows compass arrows,…

Mar 7, 2025
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NASA Webb Wows With Incredible Detail in Actively Forming Star System
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High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483).…

Mar 7, 2025
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Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the…

Jan 16, 2025
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Digel Cloud 2S (Compass Image)
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Annotated image of Digel Cloud 2S captured by Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), with compass arrows, a…

Sep 12, 2024
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