Astronomy Research

NASA’s Webb Reveals Dynamic Panorama of Star Formation

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September 15, 2026 45 views
Original source: NASA

This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice...