Flame Nebula in the Orion Molecular Cloud
Flame Nebula in the Orion Molecular Cloud
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Nestled about 1,400 light-years from Earth, the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) blazes with the energy of stellar birth. This region, less than a million years old, is filled with young stars and elusive brown dwarfs—objects too small to sustain hydrogen fusion like true stars.
In visible light, thick dust hides much of this activity, but Webb’s near-infrared view cuts through the clouds to reveal a glowing network of infant stars and faint, cool companions. Astronomers used Webb to conduct a census of the smallest and dimmest objects forming here, probing the boundary between brown dwarfs and planets.
By combining Webb’s infrared data with decades of Hubble observations, scientists are charting how these low-mass objects emerge and evolve within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The faintest sources detected are just two to three times the mass of Jupiter, pushing our understanding of how small an object can be and still form like a star.
Image courtesy of NASA, ESA/Webb
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