Tuesday, 27 January 2026

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar


NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled. Researchers using new data from Webb’s MIRI proved that crystalline silicates form in the hottest part of the disk of gas and dust surrounding the star — and may be shot to the system’s edges. via NASA https://ift.tt/eEuS5bC

No comments:

Post a Comment

Stages of Star Formation

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with s...