NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare panoramic view of star birth across the Orion Molecular Clouds. The image reveals the complete lifecycle of stellar development—from the initial collapse of gas and dust that seeds the youngest protostars, through the intermediate stages where gravity sculpts future suns, all the way to mature protoplanetary discs orbiting newborn stars. It's a cosmic before-and-after showing the full assembly process that creates not just stars, but planetary systems.

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