Webb Observes Immense Stellar Jet on Outskirts of Our Milky Way

James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long

The James Webb Space Telescope caught the birth of an enormous star with particle beams cutting across a stretch of interstellar space.

Webb observes immense stellar jet on outskirts of our Milky Way

A blowtorch of seething gases erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching across 8 light-years, the length of the stellar eruption is approximately twice the distance between our sun and the next nearest stars, the Alpha Centauri system. The size and strength of this particular stellar jet, located in a nebula known as Sharpless 2-284 (Sh2-284 for short), qualifies it as ra…

James Webb Space Telescope Spots Rare Protostar Blasting Twin Jets

NASA’s James Webb Telescope imaged a massive protostar in Sharpless 2-284 firing twin jets eight light-years long, revealing clues to massive star formation

Webb space telescope captures baby star blasting powerful jets

New Delhi: The James Webb Space Telescope has observed an embryonic star or protostar designated as Sharpless 2-284 in the outer edge of the Milky Way, with a pair of twin jets measuring eight lightyears across. For context, this is twice the distance between the Sun and its closest stellar neighbour. The plasma jets are being blasted into space with powerful magnetic fields confining the material to narrow beams. The size and strength of the pr…

Massive Stellar Jet of Proto-star Cluster Sh2-284 in Monoceros

Massive Stellar Jet of Proto-star Cluster Sh2-284 in Monoceros | Webb TelescopeThe NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged an extremely large stellar jet on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy in the proto-cluster Sh2-284. This Herbig-Haro (HH) object, jets of plasma shooting out from newly formed stars, is eight light-years across. This is about double the distance from our Sun to its closes…

Webb Telescope Spots Massive Stellar Jet at Milky Way's Edge

The cosmos never ceases to amaze, and the recent observations captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled yet another celestial wonder. A colossal jet of gas, erupting from a burgeoning star that is still in its infancy, has been imaged. This event, akin to a cosmic blowtorch, stretches across an astonishing 8 light-years. […]