
QUICK FACTS
What it is: A planet-forming disk around a star
Where it is: 525 light-years away, in the constellation Taurus
When it was shared: Aug. 29, 2025
This spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows a star cocooned within a massive disk of gas and dust. It's a protoplanetary disk — a ring of dense gas and dust surrounding a young star — where planets are likely forming.