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HH-30 - Stellar Disc and Jet Motion


Depicts: HH-30
Copyright: C. Burrows (STScI & ESA), the WFPC 2 Investigation Definition Team, NASA, K. Stapelfeldt (JPL), A Watson (LowellObservatory)

This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals unprecedented detail in a newly forming star called HH-30. Exposures taken a year apart show the motion of high speed blobs of gas (arrows) that are being ejected from the star at a half-million miles per hour.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
10-Apr-2026 17:51 UT

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