James Webb Telescope Captures Star Formation at Milky Way's Edge

New images reveal intricate details of protostars and jets in the Digel Clouds, located 58,000 light-years from the galactic center.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged star-forming regions in the Milky Way's extreme outer galaxy, specifically the Digel Clouds.
These regions, Digel Cloud 1 and Digel Cloud 2, are composed of dense molecular clouds and are now seen in unprecedented detail.
The images show young protostars and jets of superheated gas, providing insights into early star formation processes.
The Digel Clouds are metal-poor, making them ideal for studying the Milky Way's early history and the formation of dwarf galaxies.
Future research will focus on understanding the lifetimes of circumstellar disks and the kinematics of jets in these distant star-forming regions.