Space Telescope Science Institute on Instagram: "How, exactly, do stars form? The quick answer is that stars form in super-cold clouds of gas and dust over millions of years. For decades, our views of developing stars were limited: Either we couldn’t see through dusty clouds to observe these stars, or we couldn’t see them in enough detail. In more than three years, the James Webb Space Telescope has “supercharged” what we’re learning about star formation with its sharp near- and mid-infrared obs
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Space Telescope Science Institute on Instagram: "How, exactly, do stars form? The quick answer is that stars form in super-cold clouds of gas and dust over millions of years. For decades, our views of developing stars were limited: Either we couldn’t see through dusty clouds to observe these stars, or we couldn’t see them in enough detail. In more than three years, the James Webb Space Telescope has “supercharged” what we’re learning about star formation with its sharp near- and mid-infrared obs
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