Monday, February 10, 2014

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News

ScienceDaily: Nebulae News


Hubble looks in on a nursery for unruly young stars

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 04:59 PM PST

A striking new image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, reveals a star in the process of forming within the Chameleon cloud. This young star is throwing off narrow streams of gas from its poles -- creating this ethereal object known as HH 909A. These speedy outflows collide with the slower surrounding gas, lighting up the region.

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