Best Most Beautiful Images Of Newborn Stars

Best Most Beautiful Images Of Newborn Stars

Stellar Tantrum

Stellar Tantrum

A young star blasts out a supersonic gas jet, forming glowing Herbig–Haro objects as it hits nearby material. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini

NGC 346

NGC 346

The James Webb Space Telescope captures NGC 346, a lively star-forming area in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan

Most Distant Star Ever Seen

Most Distant Star Ever Seen

Light from a star born less than a billion years after the Big Bang—Webb's first-year target. Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU), D. Coe (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI)

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

Webb reveals young stars and planet-forming discs in the Rho Ophiuchi region in stunning detail. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pagan

Turbulent Stellar Nursery

Turbulent Stellar Nursery

HH 1 & HH 2 in Orion show jets from newborn stars bursting from a hidden system. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Reipurth, B. Nisini

Cosmic Smokescreen

Cosmic Smokescreen

Hubble captures NGC 6530 in the Lagoon Nebula—a smoky wall of stars and gas. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, O. De Marco

L483

L483

Webb zooms into Lynds 483, showing chaotic ejections from two growing stars. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI