Knowledge ZoneMar 24

#PhotoOfTheDay:L1527 (MIRI image)

L1527, shown in this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), is a molecular cloud that harbors a #Protostar.

It resides in the constellation Taurus, about 460 light-years from Earth.

https://esawebb.org/images/L1527-1/

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A #Protostar is a very young star that is still gathering mass from its parent molecular cloud. The protostellar phase is the earliest one in the process of stellar evolution.

For a low-mass star (i.e. that of the Sun or lower), it lasts about 500,000 years.

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Mar 24 at 9:39amWeb