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Webb peers into NGC 7129, a dusty stellar nursery that mirrors how our Sun was born
A new NASA Webb image of NGC 7129, released October 6, 2026, shows protostars, jets and a 3.5-light-year golden cavity in a stellar nursery about 3,300 light-years away. It is also a portrait of the same physics that produced our own Solar System 4.6 billion years ago.