The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed details of cloud L1527 and its protostar. Bright colors of the nebula,
The protostar itself is hidden from view in the "jumper"hourglass shaped clouds. The protoplanetary disk is seen edge-on, it is a dark line in the image. Light from the protostar seeps above and below it, illuminating cavities in the surrounding gas and dust.
Clouds painted in blue and orange colors onThis infrared image, in representative colors, outlines the cavities that formed as a result of that "stellar burp". All due to the fact that space material flies out of the protostar and collides with the surrounding matter.
The blue areas are where the dust is the thinnest.
Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI. Image processing: J. De Pasquale, A. Pagan and A. Koekemoor (STScI)
Cosmic cloud L1527 is only about 100,000 years oldis a relatively young entity. Given its age and far-infrared brightness, L1527 is considered a class zero protostar. This means that it is at the earliest stage of star formation.
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