This image provided by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shows HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation.

NASA's Webb Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory in Chile teamed up to unveil these early nuggets of planetary formation around the young star known as HOPS-315.

This image provided by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shows jets of silicon monoxide blowing away from the baby star HOPS-315. In a cosmic first, McClure and her team ...