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First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image [1]

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Date: 2024-06

So just how does the alignment of the stellar jets relate to the rotation of the star? As an interstellar gas cloud crashes in on itself to form a star, it spins more rapidly. The only way for the gas to continue moving inward is for some of the spin (known as angular momentum) to be removed. A disk of material forms around the young star to transport material down, like a whirlpool around a drain. The swirling magnetic fields in the inner disk launch some of the material into twin jets that shoot outward in opposite directions, perpendicular to the disk of material.

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[1] Url: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/first-of-its-kind-detection-made-in-striking-new-webb-image/

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