7 breathtaking images of newborn stars captured by NASA

NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System.

Protostar HH-34 is located at a distance of approx. 1,500 light-years, near the famous Orion Nebula, one of the most productive star birth regions.

The Pillars of Creation are a star-forming region in the Eagle Nebula where newborn stars are forming. The pillars are made of gas and dust, and they appear like arches and spires. 

Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a phenomenon for the very first time. The bright red streaks at top left of this image are aligned protostar outflows – jets of gas from newborn stars that all slant in the same direction.

The star-forming nebula W51 is one of the largest "star factories" in the Milky Way galaxy.

The Tarantula Nebula is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy near the Milky Way. It's the largest and brightest star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies. 

Credit: NASA