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James Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?' The young star EC 53, part of the Serpens Nebula — a stellar nursery located about 1,300 light-years from Earth that is brimming with actively forming stars — where NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed crystals being forged near the star and carried outward by powerful winds.
For the first time, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has seen a young star forge crystals in blazing heat and hurl them to the icy outskirts of its planet-forming disk, which could help explain the evolution of comets at the edge of our solar system. The protostar, called EC 53, lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth and is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust where planets and other bodies are taking shape. Using the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the— as the birthplace of these crystals. Powerful winds from the star's disk act like a cosmic conveyor belt, propelling the crystals into the frigid outer disk, where comets may eventually form, according toJWST makes key detection of complex organic molecules around star in galaxy beyond our Milky Way"EC 53's layered outflows may lift up these newly formed crystalline silicates and transfer them outward, like they're on a cosmic highway," Jeong‑Eun Lee, lead author of a new study reporting the results, said in the statement."Webb not only showed us exactly which types of silicates are in the dust near theand winds. It's during these energetic 100-day-long episodes that the star forges silicate crystals — minerals that should only form in hot environments — and catapults them outward, seeding the outer disk with the ingredients that icy comets carry today.and other stars' disks, but the connection between their fiery origins and cold resting places was unclear — until now. Webb's detailed spectra and spatial mapping provide the first direct evidence linking formation and transport. "We've effectively shown how the star creates and distributes these superfine particles, which are each significantly smaller than a grain of sand," Joel Green, co-author of the study, said in the statement.Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!are and how stars actively reshape their surroundings. Observing protoplanetary disks like EC 53 can offer new insights on the building blocks of planets and comets scattered across space. Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News. When not writing or reading about science, Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter @Sam_Ashley13. 'Leave no one alive': It's Guardians vs the Viltrumites as 'Invincible' season 4 trailer finally gives us a release date 'Leave no one alive': It's Guardians vs the Viltrumites as 'Invincible' season 4 trailer finally gives us a release date
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