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Hidden Shadows in Stellar Nurseries Reveal How Stars Reshape Cosmic Chemistry

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A high-resolution 3D model of the Orion Bar reveals how dense gas clouds shield molecules from stellar radiation, shaping chemical reactions and structures observed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Dense gas blocks starlight, creating unusual shadows. A new study shows how these shadows affect hydrogen and carbon in space.

Cosmic shadow games: The light of young stars changes the molecules in the clouds from which other stars emerge. A three-dimensional model of a gas cloud modelled on the Orion bar now shows how dense areas shield radiation and deform chemical interfaces. This could explain why the James Weber space telescope sees arcs and thread-like structures there that can hardly reproduce simple models. Duisburg [...] The article James-Webb shows how gas lum…

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scinexx.de broke the news on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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