This incredible new image from JWST shows a newly forming protostar, surrounded by a tornado of gas and dust. Designated Herbig-Haro 49/50, the star is about 630 light-years from Earth and is driving outflows of gas that stretch for light-years into its surroundings. They crash into denser material, heating it up and creating the glowing regions seen by Webb. The fuzzy blob at the top of the tornado is actually a more distant galaxy that happens to be lined up.
