James Webb Telescope Unveils Twin Stars in Long-Studied System

Advanced instruments reveal twin disks and parallel jets in the WL20 star system, challenging previous assumptions.

The discovery was made using the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument and the ALMA array.
WL20, a well-known star system, was found to contain two young stars instead of one.
Each star is surrounded by a disk of material, with jets of gas streaming from their poles.
This finding provides new insights into the formation and early life cycle of stars.
The results were presented at the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.