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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.
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Interstellar cloud CB 130-3, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud

A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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"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! webbtelescope.org/contents/new…
Protostar L1527, a star still in the process of forming, imaged by the Webb space telescope.

NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Forms

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