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W33A is a protostar located approximately 12000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. As a star in the early stages of formation so has attracted the interest of astronomers who observed that while the protostar is accumulating material from surrounding clouds of gas and dust it is simultaneously ejecting fast moving jets of particles from its north and south poles.

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