"Planetary nebulae were once thought to be simple, round objects with a single dying star at the center," astronomer Roger Wesson of Cardiff University said in a previous statement. "It begs the ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star formation: the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest massive star-forming region to ...