A ring of dust and gas orbiting the star acts as a belt, cinching the expanding nebula into an hourglass shape. See the full advent calendar here, where a new image will be revealed each day until ...

sculpting the nebula. A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of a double-star system, has formed a cosmic hourglass — and the James Webb Space Telescope imaged ...

LBN 483 is a prime example of this process. The bipolar outflows from the two forming stars have carved the nebula into its distinctive hourglass or butterfly-like shape. The nebula’s bright ...

A stunning cosmic hourglass has formed from a double-star system’s birth. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this breathtaking sight in vivid detail. Called Lynds 483, this nebula is 650 ...

Located 650 light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers), this nebula resembles an hourglass. The two protostars at the ...