NASA, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is a U.S. government agency dedicated to advancing science and technology in air and space exploration.
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NASA occasionally shares stunning images of the outer cosmos for space enthusiasts.
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A protostar is a clump of interstellar gas and dust that, due to its gravitational pull, is collapsing inward to eventually form a star.
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Here are 5 images of protostars taken by NASA:
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NASA's James Webb telescope has captured an image of this fiery hourglass-shaped protostar, located 460 light-years away in the constellation Taurus.
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This region of the Serpens Nebula, 1,300 light-years away, is a young stellar nursery with newly forming stars, just 1-2 million years old.
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The image depicts a young multi-star system located about 450 million light-years away, featuring FS Tau B, a newly-forming protostar within the system.
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This Hubble image captures a massive star formation with a protostellar jet streaming toward us, located in the constellation Aquila, approximately 7,200 light-years from Earth.
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This image of the Orion Nebula offers a wealth of diversity for astronomers, featuring outflows, embedded protostars, brown dwarfs, free-floating planetary objects, and planet-forming disks around young stars.