[ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING] 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.