Published On 30/9/2025
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Last updated: 21:47 (Mecca time)
At the heart of our Milky Way, the most active and complicated sites of stars are located in the molecular cloud known as “Ramy B2”. Thanks to its superior capacity to see infrared, the James Web spacecraft was able to reveal amazing details in this region.
Here is a short video clip, published by the Hubble Observatory platform, during which the camera wanders in this area of the night sky:
Withdrawal withdrawal
Molecular clouds are the largest and condensation of gaseous structures in our galaxy and in other galaxies, and are considered “the dihad of stars” because it is the place where the stars and planets are born.
These clouds consist mainly of molecular hydrogen with a mixture of helium and small quantities of other elements such as carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, and often mixed with cosmic dust that blocks visible light.
For this reason we see them in visual telescopes as dark spaces that block stars behind them, while in infrared or radio waves their features are clearly exposed.
The sizes of these clouds are enormous, some extend to tens or hundreds of light years, and contain millions of times the mass of the sun. Despite this large, its density is very low when compared to the air that we breathe, only a few hundred to thousands of atoms in the cubic centimeter.
The secret of the archer
What draws attention is that the “Rami B2” cloud produces half of the number of stars that are formed in the area of the Al -Majnah Center, although its molecular material (dust and gas) represents only 10% of the material of that region.
According to the scientists from the James Web Observatory platform, this means that it is an exceptional area in its activity compared to the vicinity, which raises questions about the factors that make it more “fruitful” than the rest of its surroundings.
By photographing it with advanced infrared tools, the Web Observatory was able to penetrate the dense dark parts in the cloud that seem to be practically as darkness in some pictures, but he revealed that these areas are not a vacuum, but rather centers where gases and dust accumulate, maybe they are sowing the next stars that have not yet been buried or are in the early stages of formation.
To understand the idea, he imagined that one of them broke his thigh bone due to a painful accident, here he will go immediately to the hospital to make an X -ray image, in order to penetrate the skin and show what falls under it.
The James Web Observatory performs a similar function.
Scientists questions
In the shots captured by the “Miri” camera on the observatory, the cosmic dust appeared glowing by heating by the surrounding young stars, while the “Nermam” camera showed bright colored stars hiding behind the dense clouds in infrared.
By analyzing these images, astronomers hope that James Web will contribute to solving some ancient puzzles in the science of stars: How does the star start his journey from huge gas communities? What makes some clouds more productive than others? Are there environmental engines (such as magnetic fields, or interacting with central black holes) that increase the efficiency of stars?
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