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The protostar within the dark cloud L1527, shown in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), is embedded within a cloud of material feeding its growth. Ejections from the star have cleared out cavities above and below it, whose boundaries glow orange and blue in this infrared view. The right central region displays bubble-like shapes due to stellar “burps,” or sporadic ejections. Webb also detects filaments made of molecular hydrogen that has been shocked by past stellar ejections. The edges of the cavities at Top left and right appear straight, while the boundaries at bottom right and left are curved. The region at left appears blue, as there’s less dust between it and Webb than the orange regions above it.

Object Name: L1527 IRS (IRAS 04368+2557) Object Description: Young Stellar Object Constellation Taurus Distance About 460 light-years Exposure Dates 08 Sep 2022 Filters F200W, F335M, F444W, F470N

These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope using the NIRCam instrument. Several filters were used to sample different infrared wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F200W, Green: F335M, Red: F444W, Orange: F470N

Credits SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI) Processed by STYX AI 1-13-2023

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