{"id":457173,"date":"2026-06-19T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=3a919bccf28c751ed749a5ee41dc8752"},"modified":"2026-06-19T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:13:13","slug":"stages-of-star-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=457173","title":{"rendered":"Stages of Star Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This NASA\/ESA\/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with star-forming clouds.<\/div>\n
ESA\/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Megeath, M. Zamani (ESA\/Webb) Acknowledgement: M. H. \u00d6zsara\u00e7<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion Nebula. Every stage of star formation \u2014 from the youngest stellar embryos to protoplanetary discs to newly-minted pre-main sequence stars \u2014 is contained within this scene which stretches 150 light-years across.<\/p>\n

Read more about this image.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: ESA\/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Megeath, M. Zamani (ESA\/Webb)<\/em>; Acknowledgement: M. H. \u00d6zsara\u00e7<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This image, captured by NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion Nebula. Every stage of star formation \u2014 from the youngest stellar embryos to protoplanetary discs [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15637,15675],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst","category-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t