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My daughter asked me, "Have we ever seen a star being born?" Here's part of the answer.
Deep within interstellar cloud CB 130-3, a dense knot of gas and dust teeters on the edge of collapse. When it goes, it will become a new star.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/hubble-views-a-billowing-cosmic-cloud #Space #astronomy
in reply to Corey S Powell

"Have we ever seen a star being born?" Part 2: This is protostar L1527, 1/50,000th the age of the Sun. It's still pulling in gas & squirting out huge jets. The star itself is hidden behind a dusty disk (the line at the middle). Planets are forming there! https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-055