Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Stars Inside NGC 7129 Nursery
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Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Stars Inside NGC 7129 Nursery
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James Webb Space Telescope pierces NGC 7129's dust clouds with infrared light, exposing newborn stars and jets invisible to optical telescopes.
• NGC 7129 is an active stellar nursery where new stars are forming right now
• Webb's infrared vision passes through dust that blocks all visible-light telescopes
• The image reveals dozens of young stars that were completely hidden before
• Glowing gas and high-speed stellar jets show the violent early life of forming suns
• Those jets tell astronomers how young stars shed excess material as they grow
• Webb's view of NGC 7129 offers a direct window into how stars like our Sun were born
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/we...
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