Protostar within dark cloud L1527, JWST image

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) infrared image showing a protostar within dark cloud L1527. The protostar is embedded in a cloud of material feeding its growth. blue and orange clouds shown here are cavities created as the protostar ejects material away from it and collides with surrounding matter.

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Photo credit: © NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/J. DePasquale, A. Pagan, and A. Koekemoer (STScI)/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, astronomical, astronomy, astrophysical, astrophysics, cloud, cluster, dark, evolution, hourglass, infrared, ir, james, jwst, l1527, nircam, protostar, space, star, stellar, telescope, webb