Webb's Picture of the Month Features Two Planet-Forming Disks and a Few Possible Planets

Webb's Picture of the Month Features Two Planet-Forming Disks and a Few Possible Planets
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/Z1xCBwo)

Two images of protoplanetary disks side-by-side. The left image shows a dark horizontal band covering the star, with broad, colorful, conical outflows above and below it, and a narrow jet pointing directly up and down from the star. The right image shows the star within a yellow dusty disk, with scattered dust creating purple lobes above and below the disk. Each is on a black background with several galaxies or stars around it.

April 9, 2026 at 04:33AM
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