A Cosmic Lightsaber: Gas Jets from a Young Star in Orion | Hubble
The two lightsabre-like streams crossing the image are jets of energized gas, ejected from the poles of a young star. If the jets collide with the surrounding gas and dust they can clear vast spaces, and create curved shock waves, seen as knotted clumps called Herbig-Haro objects.
Distance: 1,500 light years
Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble & NASA, D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo), and B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii)
Release Date: December 17, 2015
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