Shot through the heart

[Natural Citizen]

Pretty cool...

''A flaming blue sword seems to pierce a giant cosmic heart in a gorgeous new photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The "sword" is composed of twin jets of superheated, ionized gas that are rocketing into space from opposite poles of a newborn star called IRAS 05491+0247. The "heart" is the cloud of leftover dust and gas surrounding the protostar, according to Hubble team members.

This dramatic interaction between jets and cloud creates an uncommon celestial sight known as a Herbig-Haro object. The one photographed here by Hubble is named HH111, and it lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Orion..."


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[Baron Von Murderpaws]

If it's true we have a wandering spirit after our bodies die, then I'm going to be roaming the cosmos for as long as I exist!!

 

[percysunshine]

Pretty cool...

''A flaming blue sword seems to pierce a giant cosmic heart in a gorgeous new photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The "sword" is composed of twin jets of superheated, ionized gas that are rocketing into space from opposite poles of a newborn star called IRAS 05491+0247. The "heart" is the cloud of leftover dust and gas surrounding the protostar, according to Hubble team members.

This dramatic interaction between jets and cloud creates an uncommon celestial sight known as a Herbig-Haro object. The one photographed here by Hubble is named HH111, and it lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Orion..."


Continued - Amazing Hubble telescope photo shows space 'sword' piercing huge celestial 'heart'

Stars happen.

 

[deannalw]

Pretty cool...

''A flaming blue sword seems to pierce a giant cosmic heart in a gorgeous new photo captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The "sword" is composed of twin jets of superheated, ionized gas that are rocketing into space from opposite poles of a newborn star called IRAS 05491+0247. The "heart" is the cloud of leftover dust and gas surrounding the protostar, according to Hubble team members.

This dramatic interaction between jets and cloud creates an uncommon celestial sight known as a Herbig-Haro object. The one photographed here by Hubble is named HH111, and it lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Orion..."


Continued - Amazing Hubble telescope photo shows space 'sword' piercing huge celestial 'heart'

I love that telescope! When they sent it up all those years back, I scoffed. Then the images started coming up and they are so stunning, amazing, interesting and beautiful it's hard to think sometimes, that they are real. It's literally changed how I think of space entirely.

Thanks!

 

[deannalw]

If it's true we have a wandering spirit after our bodies die, then I'm going to be roaming the cosmos for as long as I exist!!

If I find myself back here after death, Ima haunt a liquor store.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I love that telescope! When they sent it up all those years back, I scoffed. Then the images started coming up and they are so stunning, amazing, interesting and beautiful it's hard to think sometimes, that they are real. It's literally changed how I think of space entirely.

Thanks!

Yeah, it's pretty neat. Some of those images are magnificent.

 

[deannalw]

Yeah, it's pretty neat. Some of those images are magnificent.

They really are.

You know- Cali had some pretty spots and sunsets, etc. but it all pales in comparison to some I've seen here. Now and then, nature puts forth some shows that seem too pretty to be true. That's how those hubble shots seem to me.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

....And you're to blame.

 

[Natural Citizen]

A stellar tantrum...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an infant star throwing a 'stellar tantrum,' which occurs in the early stages of a young star's development. The colored streak billowing from the baby star is a jet of gas colliding at supersonic speeds with material around the infant star. This collision heats the surrounding material causing it to glow. Astronomers call these "colorfully wispy structures" Herbig–Haro objects. This one is located 1,250 light-years from Earth in the Orion Nebula.

Hubble Snaps a Jet Set

Hubble Snaps a Jet Set

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