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This is the Webb Space Telescope's infrared view
of the protostar L1527 IRS.
The forming star is hidden within a dusty disk, roughly
the size of our solar system.
Material flows in from the sides and then spirals
onto the protostar.
Some is ejected perpendicular to the disk,
producing the hourglass shape of the nebula.
Explosive emissions create bubble-like structures
in the upper lobe.
In the lower lobe, light from the protostar
illuminates and heats some dusty clouds.
Only Webb can provide such a detailed view of this star
still in the process of formation.