"Stunning Image: James Webb Telescope Reveals Super-Hot Jet 1000 Light-Years Away"

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Source: Ars Technica
"Stunning Image: James Webb Telescope Reveals Super-Hot Jet 1000 Light-Years Away"
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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of Herbig Haro object number 797, a luminous region surrounding newborn stars located about 1,000 light-years from Earth. The image reveals the previously unknown source of the spectacular jets as two stars, along with other outflows from a protostar. The Webb telescope's infrared capabilities allow it to visualize the structure of the outflows by collecting the infrared light emitted by molecules excited by the turbulent conditions.

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