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  • James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Rare Phenomenon Long Anticipated By Astronomers

    06/24/2024 11:46:04 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 55 replies
    The Debrief ^ | June 24, 2024 | Micah Hanks
    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured striking new images of the Serpens Nebula that reveal a rare alignment of stellar jets, offering new insights into the formation of stars. Protostellar outflows occur when high-speed jets of hot gas produced by young stars collide with surrounding dust and gases. In the new Webb images, several outflows spotted in the northern area of the Serpens Nebula appear to all be aligned and oriented in the same direction. Located around 1,300 light-years from Earth, the Serpens Nebula is a dense cluster of young stars, some of which are only about 100,000 years...