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Protostars

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Hubble captures near-infrared images of infant protostars — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Hubble captures near-infrared images of infant protostars

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured near-infrared images of newly developing, dust-shrouded protostars in several high-mass star-forming regions as part of an effort to study how massive stars form. Protostars are hidden by thick dust that blocks visible light, but Hubble can detect near-infrared emission that shines through holes

Hubble unveils images of protoplanetary disks and protostars — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Hubble unveils images of protoplanetary disks and protostars

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope released a collection of new visible- and infrared-light images showing protoplanetary disks, the swirling gas-and-dust structures that surround forming stars. Visible-light frames show dark, planet-forming dust disks around hidden protostars with bipolar jets of gas traveling about 93 miles (150 km) per second. The visible

Hubble images show protostars and jets carving cavities in Orion cloud — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Hubble images show protostars and jets carving cavities in Orion cloud

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured three images of just-forming stars, or protostars, in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex, a region in the “sword” of the constellation Orion roughly 1,300 light‑years away. The images were taken as part of an effort to study the envelopes of gas