# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvQar2gJI1B
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8093240-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-28T21:42:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Call us paparazzi because we can’t stop reporting about new stars.⁣⁣ 🌟
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The antics of a pair of actively forming new stars in high-resolution near-infrared light were spotted by NASAWebb. Trace the bright pink and red diffraction spikes until you hit center: the stars are within the orange-white splotch, buried deeply in a disk of gas and dust that feeds their growth as they continue to gain mass.⁣⁣
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The most striking details are the two-lopsided lobes that fan out from the actively forming central stars, represented in fiery orange. Much of this material was shot out from those stars as they feasted on the gas and dust that immediately surround them over thousands of years. The stars most recent ejections appear in a thread-like blue. They run just below the red horizontal diffraction spike at 2 o’clock. Rumor has it, these ejections regulate how much mass the stars ultimately gather.⁣⁣
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Webb captured our new stars in several exposures, adding to the depth of our star understanding (and fandom).⁣⁣
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Image Description: ⁣⁣At the center of the image is a horizontal orange cloud known as Herbig-Haro 46/47 that is uneven with rounded ends, and tilted from bottom left to top right. In the middle of this cloud is a yellow-white blob with 8 reddish pink diffraction spikes piercing through it. The left lobe of the cloud is thicker. Just off the edge is a tiny red arc that curves in the opposite direction. The right lobe is thinner, and ends in a smaller orange semi-circle that has a faint purple outline. Just off the edge of this lobe is a slightly smaller orange sponge-like blob. A delicate, semi-transparent blue cloud known as a nebula drifts toward the top of the image and peters out toward the left of the frame. Toward the right and bottom, the nebula ends in a soft ridge set off in a translucent orange. The background is filled with stars and galaxies. Two foreground stars with blue diffraction spikes, seen in the bottom right corner, are especially prominent.⁣⁣
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Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA. Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)⁣⁣
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#NASA #Space #NASAWebb #Stars #JWST #Astronomy #Drama #Rumors #Goss #Gossip #JWSTea

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