Webb Telescope Captures Early Stars in NGC 7129, 3,300 Light-Years from Earth

• The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the star-forming region NGC 7129, 3,300 light-years from Earth.
• The central star, LkHα 234, is a young star with 5–8 solar masses, clearing a cavity about 3.5 light-years across.
• Protostars in the region shoot jets of hot material creating shocks in the surrounding gas.
• The image shows hot, atomic hydrogen gas in golden and cooler, molecular hydrogen gas in red.
• The images were released on October 6, 2026, by NASA and ESA.