00:03The James Webb Space Telescope is one of the finest scientific tools ever crafted by humankind,
00:09and this was one of the first images it ever captured.
00:11It might be easy to get caught up in the beautiful image of NGC 3324,
00:15an area just outside the Carina Nebula, but that area is also where experts say stars are made,
00:20and this image alone might just show more than two dozen fledgling stars as they make their cosmic debut.
00:26According to a recent press release about the study's findings,
00:28researchers say there are stars of all magnitudes, from small fountains to burbling behemoths.
00:33Webb can see more than traditional telescopes because it's peering into the cosmos on the near-infrared spectrum,
00:38able to see far more light than on the relatively small visible spectrum,
00:41meaning it can see molecular hydrogen, one of the primary elements involved in star manufacturing,
00:46and a marker in space of where that's likely to occur.
00:49But not only can it see the hydrogen itself,
00:51Webb can literally see through other obscuring debris to locate it.
00:54With NASA explaining on their website,
00:56quote,
00:57Webb will be able to see right through and into massive clouds of dust
01:00that are opaque to the visible light observatories like Hubble,
01:03where stars and planetary systems are being born.
01:05Researchers are now pouring through and enhancing images that have already been sent back by the space telescope,
01:11helping us better understand the infant stages of stars.
01:14the stars
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