The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped yet another stunning photo and this time it features a laser-like jet of gas blasting from a very young star.
The image features a Herbig-Haro object known as HH34, which is located 1,250 light-years from our planet. It can be found within the Orion Nebula.
Hubble Space Telescope Snaps a Photo of Jet of Gas From a Young Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another awe-inspiring image from space and this time, it features a very young star blasting a laser-like jet of gas.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), "This stellar tantrum - produced by an extremely young star in the earliest phase of formation - consists of an incandescent jet of gas travelling at supersonic speeds."
The image was captured using the Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, one of the five scientific instruments that the space telescope has.
The ESA goes on to explain that once this jet of gas comes into contact with the material found around the infant star, the material heats up and glows. This results to what is known as a Herbig-Haro object.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "Herbig-Haro objects are a rarely seen type of nebula that occurs when hot gas ejected by a newborn star collides with the gas and dust around it at hundreds of miles per second, creating bright shock waves."
Which Herbig-Haro Object Has Been Captured?
There are a number of Herbig-Haro objects in space, but the one that the Hubble Space Telescope has captured in the image above is specifically known as HH34.
According to the ESA, this is not the first time that the Hubble photographed this particular Herbig-Haro object. In fact, it was photographed three in the past; the first time was in 1994 and the second time was in 2007. The third time was in 2015.
The HH34 is located 1,250 light-years from our planet and resides in the Orion Nebula.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope has been snapping jaw-dropping photos one after the other in its 31 years of service. But what exactly is it?
The Hubble is large orbiting telescope that was launched on April 24, 1990 by a space shuttle called Discovery.
The telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. What makes him particularly notable is that he discovered that the Milky Way galaxy is just one of the many galaxies in the universe.
The space telescope is currently located around 547 kilometers above Earth. It is moving ata speed of five miles per second.
The Hubble has five scientific instruments on it that it uses for its observations and even for its photographs. These are the Wide Field Camera 3, Advanced Camera for Surveys, Cosmic Origins Spectograph, Space Telescope Imaging Spectograph, and Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.
