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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

First-of-its-kind identification of straight jets in spectacular new Webb Space Telescope image
An artist's impression of the large-scale landscape of FU~Ori. The image shows the currents created by the interaction between strong stellar winds triggered by the outburst and the remnant mantle from which the star formed. The stellar wind drives the shock wave into the mantle and the CO gas carried away by the shock is the new discovery of the ALMA observatory. Credit: NSF/NRAO/SDagnello

Astronomers solve the mystery of the dramatic 1936 eruption of FU Orionis

An unusual group of stars in the Orion constellation has revealed their secrets. FU Orionis, a double star system, first attracted the attention of astronomers in 1936, when the central star suddenly became
The predicted atomic configuration of gold oxide chains (gold: gray, oxygen: pink) at the boundary of a gold monolayer (gold: yellow), supported by a thin layer of magnesium oxide (magnesium: green, oxygen: red) on silver. The numbers indicate atomic charges in units of electron charge.

The oxidation processes in gold nano-clusters were deciphered