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                                2025 March 13
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                       The Protostars within Lynds 483
                   Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]CSA,

   Explanation: [6]Two protostars are hidden in a single pixel near the
   center of a striking hourglass-shaped nebula in this near-infrared
   image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The [7]actively forming star
   system lies in a dusty molecular cloud cataloged as Lynds 483, some 650
   light-years distant toward the constellation [8]Serpens Cauda.
   Responsible for the stunning [9]bipolar outflows, the collapsing
   protostars have been blasting out collimated energetic jets of material
   over tens of thousands of years. Webb's high-resolution view shows the
   violence of star-formation in dramatic detail as twisting shock fronts
   expand and collide with slower, denser material. The premier close-up
   of the star-forming region spans less than 1/2 a light-year within
   [10]dark nebula Lynds 483.

      March 13/14: [11]Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow's picture: Moon Pi
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    Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell
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                           & [33]Michigan Tech. U.

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   8. https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/serpens.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_outflow
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