Quick Facts
What it is: OMC-2 molecular cloud
Where it is: 1,280 light-years away in the constellation Orion
When it was shared: June 5, 2026.
Newborn stars launch powerful jets of gas through cosmic clouds in this new scene captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
(Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, T. Megeath, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç)
Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science journalist and a regular contributor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads international stargazing and eclipse-chasing tours. His work appears regularly in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky at Night, Sky & Telescope, and other major science and astronomy publications. He is also the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com.
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