"James Webb" captured the colorful eruption of a young star

James Webb Space Telescope photographed colorful ejection of substances from the poles of the young star HH 211. It is located about a thousand light years from Earth in the constellation Perseus.

It was possible to obtain such a bright and detailed image of the phenomenon thanks to the infrared glow of hydrogen molecules, as well as oxides of carbon and silicon.

The image captures the multi-colored jets of the so-called stellar wind. These are luminous regions that are formed when streams of stellar matter collide with nearby gas and dust. Such emissions are called Herbing-Haro objects.

Astronomers were even able to measure the speed of the internal structures - from 80 to 100 kilometers per second. AND came to the conclusion that the streams from the youngest stars mainly consist of molecules, since the relatively low speed of the shock waves is not able to break them down into simpler atoms and ions.

Now newborn HH 211 is similar in its characteristics to our Sun in its early years. Its mass is only 8% of the solar mass, but over time it will turn into the same huge star as our star.