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Day 2 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: This image shows the center of the Serpens Nebula, as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera. The Serpens Nebula, located 1,300 light-years from Earth, is home to a particularly dense cluster of newly forming stars, some of which will eventually grow to the mass of our sun. Webb’s image of this nebula reveals a grouping of aligned protostellar outflows (visible in the top left). These jets are identified by bright, clumpy streaks that appear red, which are shock waves caused when a jet hits the surrounding gas and dust.

The Atlantic     Dec 02, 2024