Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 has captured this image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star-formation process can be, with the young object shaking up its stellar nursery.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1118/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
15 December 2011
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