WEBB Captures Fiery Star Formation
Dr. Michelle Thaller presents Webb’s stunning view of a young protostar, just 100,000 years old and cocooned in gas and dust.
Webb reveals the protostar’s hourglass shape, vibrant blue and orange clouds, and spiraling accretion disk—key features of this early stage of star formation.
A true marvel, this protostar offers insights into the origins of stars, unveiling a process billions of years in the making. What secrets will the universe reveal next?
For more information, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Michelle Thaller: Narrator
Music Credit:
"Looking to the Future" by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, please credit individual items as indicated above.
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Author
- Thaddeus Cesari (X3M Systems)
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Producers
- Paul Morris (eMITS)
- Frank Summers (STScI)
- Greg Bacon (STScI)
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Narrator
- Michelle Thaller (NASA/GSFC)
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Visualizers
- Leah Hustak (STScI)
- Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
- Ralf Crawford (STScI)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM EST.