This is a fascinating cosmic scene captured by Hubble: jets firing out from the rotational poles of a newly-ignited star illuminate gas and dust inside the Orion B cloud, 1,350 light-years away, forming what’s called a Herbig-Haro object.
Credit: Jason Major
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KAZUYUKI OHTSU
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