The latest image from JWST shows two jets of material ejected from a star, Herbig-Har-Haro 211.
Though the term star doesn’t apply to this particular star, astronomers call it a protostar because its core isn’t hot enough for Nuclear Fusion .
But despite its small size, it is growing and will eventually grow to be roughly the size of our Sun when it gobbles up interstellar gas.
The two thin streams of gas coming out of the star are called the Polar Jets.
According to scientists at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, the jet formation occurs due to an interaction between some of the outermost outflow and some innermost gas flowing from the star.
These two jets are thought to be made by separate magnetic fields within the protostar.
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