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staifai t1_j1amw3r wrote

So here’s for the people wondering

A study on the findings was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society this month.

“The Cliffs, which NASA describes as an area of space located ‘at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity’ within the NGC 3324 star cluster, has been studied for years. But it wasn't until the Webb Telescope was able to observe it that astronomers found some of the more immaculate details. With it, NASA scientists found 24 previously unknown outflows from baby stars, revealing a "gallery of objects ranging from small fountains to burbling behemoths that extend light-years from the forming stars."

“NASA said that the ‘very early’ formation of every star is a "relatively fleeting event – just a few thousand to 10,000 years amid a multi-million-year process of star formation. But Webb was able to capture a ‘snapshot in time,’ astronomer and leader of the study Megan Reiter said, ‘to see just how much star formation is going on in what may be a more typical corner of the universe that we haven't been able to see before.’"

“Many of the stars observed in this study are expected to become low mass stars like our galaxy's sun. And according to Reiter, astronomers will now have a better idea of where in space they can observe just how ‘sun-like stars’ come to fruition.”

"It opens the door for what's going to be possible in terms of looking at these populations of newborn stars in fairly typical environments of the universe that have been invisible up until the James Webb Space Telescope," Reiter said.”

Edit: formatting

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astronurd t1_j1ayttx wrote

Thanks for linking the study.

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staifai t1_j1b30y7 wrote

You’re welcome, didn’t see anybody posting the deets so i gave it a try

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bedub21 t1_j1bmlc8 wrote

Did they mean our solar system's sun? I guess it's still technically correct because our star is uniquely named the sun. Just threw me off for a second.

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LAVATORR t1_j1e1l8t wrote

That's because this is very obviously AI-generater

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LAVATORR t1_j1e1iep wrote

This is AI-written trash.

"NASA, who studies stars in the United States, has created a telescope for astronomy fans worldwide. All in all, space exploration has yielded many scientific advances, say critics. The sun is 93.7 million miles away. Tom Cruise was the star of Magnolia."

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