Protostar L1527 by NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI, 2022, framed print

Protostar L1527

NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI, 2022

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The protostar L1527, shown in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, is embedded within a cloud of material (the thin pink line in the center of the hourglass shape) that is feeding its growth. Material ejected from the star has cleared out cavities above and below it, whose boundaries glow orange and blue in this infrared view. The upper central region displays bubble-like shapes due to stellar ‘burps,’ or sporadic ejections.

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