Herbig-Haro 46/47 (NIRCam Image). NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars.

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Herbig-Haro 46/47 is an important object to study because it is relatively young – only a few thousand years old. Stars take millions of years to fully form.

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