Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Dr. Michelle Thaller presents Webb’s stunning view of a young protostar, L1528, just 100,000 years old and cocooned in gas and dust.
Webb reveals the protostar’s hourglass shape, vibrant blue and orange clouds, and spiraling accretion disk—key features of this early stage of star formation.
A true marvel, this protostar offers insights into the origins of stars, unveiling a process billions of years in the making. What secrets will the universe reveal next?
For more information, visit webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Michelle Thaller: Narrator
Visualization: R. Crawford, L. Hustak, A. Pagan (STScI)
Producers: F. Summers, G. Bacon (STScI)
Music Credit:
"Looking to the Future" by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.
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Dr. Michelle Thaller presents Webb’s stunning view of a young protostar, L1528, just 100,000 years old and cocooned in gas and dust.
Webb reveals the protostar’s hourglass shape, vibrant blue and orange clouds, and spiraling accretion disk—key features of this early stage of star formation.
A true marvel, this protostar offers insights into the origins of stars, unveiling a process billions of years in the making. What secrets will the universe reveal next?
For more information, visit webb.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Thaddeus Cesari: Script
Dr. Michelle Thaller: Narrator
Visualization: R. Crawford, L. Hustak, A. Pagan (STScI)
Producers: F. Summers, G. Bacon (STScI)
Music Credit:
"Looking to the Future" by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14748. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14748. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.
Follow NASA's Webb Space Telescope:
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAWebb
· X: twitter.com/NASAWebb
· Instagram: instagram.com/nasawebb
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope
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