Image 4: A series of astrophysical bow shocks to the southeast (lower-left) and northwest (upper-right). Image is taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Image shows Herbig-Haro 211 showing the details of the outflow of a young star. Herbig-Haro obj (IMAGE)

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Image 4: A series of astrophysical bow shocks to the southeast (lower-left) and northwest (upper-right). Image is taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Image shows Herbig-Haro 211 showing the details of the outflow of a young star. Herbig-Haro obj

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Image 4: A series of astrophysical bow shocks to the southeast (lower-left) and northwest (upper-right). Image is taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Image shows Herbig-Haro 211 showing the details of the outflow of a young star. Herbig-Haro objects are formed when stellar winds or jets of gas spewing from newborn stars form shock waves.

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Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tom Ray (Dublin)

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