NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures a tightly-bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. Seen at the centre of the red diffraction spikes, appearing as an orange-white splotch. Herbig-Haro 46/47 is an important object to study because it is relatively young - only a few thousand years old. Star systems take millions of years to fully form. Targets like this give researchers insight into how much mass stars gather over time, potentially allowing them to model how our own Sun, which is a low-mass star. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA
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