ALT An image by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope shows the WL 20 group of stars located in the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region about 407 light-years from Earth and near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus. A tie-dye mixture of of green, blue, purple, and yellow colors swarm together and layer over a black backdrop peppered with thousands of blue tinted stars. Near the bottom of the image is one bright pink dot that has been circled and labeled. "WL 20."

ALT This artist’s concept shows two young stars nearing the end of their formation. Encircling the stars are disks of leftover gas and dust from which planets may form. Jets of gas shoot away from the stars’ north and south poles.