Webb telescope snaps sparkling photo of a giant star blasting jets across the Milky Way

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Giant protostar blasting jets in the Milky Way

In a remote part of the galaxy, a giant young star is firing off two streams of hot gas in opposite directions at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour.

The star, known as S284p1, is about 10 times the mass of the sun and still growing. Its jets span roughly 8 light-years across — about double the distance between the sun and the next-closest star system. Astronomers spotted S284p1 with th...

Source: https://mashable.com/article/james-webb-space-telescope-photo-giant-protostellar-jets

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