The Serpent Nebula

For the first time, a phenomenon that astronomers had long hoped to photograph directly has been captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam). In this spectacular image of the Serpent Nebula, the discovery is in the northern region of the Young Zone And this star-forming relative NASA, ESA, CSA

Alignment of dipolar jets confirms star formation theories

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First-of-its-kind identification of straight jets in spectacular new Webb Space Telescope image
NASA/European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope has captured part of the marvelous Serpentine Nebula, illuminated by the star HBC 672. This young star casts an impressive shadow -- known as the bat shadow -- on the nebula behind it. Photo: Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble discovers a cosmic bat shadow in the serpent's tail

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