Kelly LepoNov 16, 2022

Babe, wake up, a new #JWST image just dropped.

Light from the protostar L1527 escapes above and below an edge-on protoplanetary disk (the dark line at the center of the image), creating an hourglass shape. This illuminates the cavities carved as ejected material from the star collides with the surrounding, dusty nebula.

Dust scatters shorter wavelengths of light, so blue areas are where the dust is thinner and orange areas are where the dust is more dense.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-055

#astronomy

NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Forms

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Show threadKP Nov 16, 2022
@kellylepo When I hear 'dust' as it pertains to outer space, can you tell me exactly what that is made of? #jwst #webb
Show threadKelly LepoNov 16, 2022
@glvsave31
Space dust is not all that dissimilar from the dust you have in your house. It's small grains of things that resemble sand (silicate dust) and things that resemble soot (hydrocarbon dust).
Show threadKP 
@kellylepo Wow, that is fascinating. Thanks for replying
Nov 16, 2022 at 9:01pmWeb