young stars

The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars

The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars

Stunning JWST image proves we were right about how young stars form

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Young Stars

Three-Year Study of Young Stars with NASA’s Hubble Enters New Chapter

VLT Finds Protoplanetary Disks around 86 Young Stars

Sagittarius C Region Contains Hundreds of Thousands of Solar Masses of Young Stars: Study

Young Stars in the Outskirts of Galaxies Finally Have an Explanation

Astronomers Find Three Young Stars in Milky Way’s Nuclear Star Cluster

Scientists chart the stories of young stars — from being born to moving out

The Pillars of Creation were made famous by a 1995 Hubble photo. Now, JWST has seen far more deeply into this iconic region, discovering "quite active" young stars. Scientists say these stars fire supersonic jets that interact with clouds of dust, creating lava-like conditions within the pillars.