Stellar Glimpse: Exploring a Youthful Star Cluster in Proximity

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new infrared image of NGC 346, a bright star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The image reveals blue silicates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, with bright patches indicating areas with numerous protostars. The cluster contains young stars, some as young as 2 million years old, still embedded in their dusty cocoons.