Wednesday 16 November 2022 10:53 PM NASA's James Webb captures once-hidden beginnings of a young star that is only ... trends now

Wednesday 16 November 2022 10:53 PM NASA's James Webb captures once-hidden beginnings of a young star that is only ... trends now
Wednesday 16 November 2022 10:53 PM NASA's James Webb captures once-hidden beginnings of a young star that is only ... trends now

Wednesday 16 November 2022 10:53 PM NASA's James Webb captures once-hidden beginnings of a young star that is only ... trends now

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the 'once-hidden' beginnings of a very young star during its exploration to find the first galaxies.

The image of this never-before-seen protostar shows an 'hourglass' shape that looks like it is on fire in the middle of the blackness of space, which is only visible in infrared light.

JWST is the only telescope to have this ability.

Using its Infrared Camera (NIRCam), Webb was not only able to penetrate the dark cloud that has shrouded protostars from telescopes in the past, but also look back in time to see the when the young star is feeding on a cloud of material to increase in size.

NASA shared the astounding image Wednesday, while noting this view of the protostar, dubbed L1527,  'provides a window into what our sun and solar system looked like in their infancy.'

The image of this protostar shows an 'hourglass' shape that looks like it is on fire in the middle of the blackness of space, which is only visible in infrared light. The image, which looks like an explosion in space, shows the once invisible dust and clouds surrounding the region and in the center of the hourglass is the young star that is just 100,000 years old

The image of this protostar shows an 'hourglass' shape that looks like it is on fire in the middle of the blackness of space, which is only visible in infrared light. The image, which looks like an explosion in space, shows the once invisible dust and clouds surrounding the region and in the center of the hourglass is the young star that is just 100,000 years old

How does James Webb see back in time? 

The further away an object is, the further back in time we are looking.

This is because of the time it takes light to travel from the object to us.

With James Webb's larger mirror, it will be able to see almost the whole way back to the beginning of the universe, more than 13.5 billion years ago.

With its ability to view the Universe in longer wavelength infrared light, James Webb will be capable of seeing some of the most distant galaxies in our universe, certainly with more ease than than the visible/ultraviolet light view of Hubble.

This is because light from distant objects is stretched out by the expansion of our universe - an effect known as redshift - pushing the light out of the visible range and into infrared.

 

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The NIRCam is a first-of-its-kind camera that enables JWST to detect cosmic features previous telescopes have missed.

This is because it is designed to pick up near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths, which is the light beyond the red end of the spectrum.

This technology is ' key for observing the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang and for achieving all the

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