"JWST Discovers Prominent Protostar in Perseus"

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of the Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797), a luminous region surrounding a protostar in the Perseus dark cloud complex. The image reveals two parallel outflows with their own series of shocks, indicating that the source is not a single star but a double star. Infrared imaging allows for the visualization of the structure of the outflows, making Herbig-Haro objects ideal for observation with Webb's sensitive infrared instruments. This image provides valuable insights into the formation and dynamics of protostars and their outflows.