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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently captured a stunning image of a very young object in the process of becoming a star. The telescope used its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to zoom in on the 100,000-year-old protostar named L1527 that gives us a spectacular display. “As the star's gravitational power draws material nearer, the material is compressed and heats up. More energy comes from shockwaves generated by incoming material that collides with existing gas,” Evan Gough writes. Read more from ScienceAlert: https://flip.it/DyDLrJ
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