From - Sky & Telescope, By - Monica young, Edited by - Amal Udawatta, Visible light reveals only dark nebulosity in the Taurus Molecular Cloud complex, shown here. Tommy Nawratil / S&T Online Photo Gallery Starbirth is dark at visible wavelengths, but the James Webb Space Telescope sees a riot of colors from the warm glow of a feeding infant star. At visible wavelengths, the Taurus Molecular Cloud looks like a dark hole in the sky. The dark nebula of dust and gas, 450 light-years away to the north of Aldebaran and east of the Pleiades. The dust here is so thick, it blocks the light of the background Milky Way. But longer wavelengths have pierced that veil to tell a different story. Here is a bustling stellar nursery, the nearest one to Earth, that’s home to at least 250 infant stars. Now, the James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared eyes on one of these protostars, designated L1527, revealing a rainbow of color and detail as we’ve never s