NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar - NASA
The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula
NASAResearchers have definitively identified nitrous oxide (N₂O), commonly known as "laughing gas," within the solid ice mantles coating dust particles around young
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UrFU Researchers Discovered “Laughing Gas” in Interstellar Ices around Protostars
More than 300 different molecules have been identified in the gas clouds that form stars and planets

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals
Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require
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Hubble Snaps Stellar Baby Pictures
Developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these Hubble Space Telescope images.
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Hubble Observes Ghostly Cloud Alive with Star Formation
While this Hubble image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud in the constellation Scorpius.
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Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks
This collection of images taken by Hubble showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and dust that surround forming stars.
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