James Webb space telescope brings insight into birth of stars at ‘cosmic noon’ with image of NGC 346 cluster
Scientists have been given an unprecedented glimpse into the birth of stars and the early stages of the universe, after a new image showing a cluster more than 10bn years ago was released by theThe image shows a young cluster of stars, known as NGC 346, which is more than 200,000 light years from Earth.
Dr Olivia Jones, the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Webb fellow at its UK astronomy technology centre, is lead author on a paper featuring the images. “This means we have far more data to study at high resolution, offering us new information on how the birth of stars shapes their environment and even greater insight into the star formation process.”
As the gas and dust gathers, it resembles ribbons coming in from the surrounding molecular cloud. The material collects into a disk, which feeds the central protostar.While astronomers have previously detected gas around protostars within that cluster, JWST’s observations have also detected the dust.
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