{"id":347821,"date":"2026-01-12T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/hubble-spies-stellar-blast-setting-clouds-ablaze\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:06:02","slug":"hubble-spies-stellar-blast-setting-clouds-ablaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=347821","title":{"rendered":"Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full 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p-sm margin-0\">Jets of ionized gas streak across a cosmic landscape from a newly forming star.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA, ESA, and B. Reipurth (Planetary Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA\/Catholic University of America)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align- nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/hubble\/stars\/young-stars\/Hubble_HH80_new_4Filters_V7_FINALcrop.tif\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Download this image (54.2 MB)\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Download this image (54.2 MB)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This new NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse. The bright pink and green patches running diagonally through the image are HH 80\/81, a pair of Herbig-Haro (HH) objects previously observed by Hubble in 1995. The patch to the upper left is part of HH 81, and the bottom streak is part of HH 80.<\/p>\n<p>Herbig-Haro objects are bright, glowing regions that occur when jets of ionized gas ejected by a newly forming star collide with slower, previously ejected outflows of gas from that star. HH 80\/81\u2019s outflow stretches over 32 light-years, making it the largest protostellar outflow known.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protostars are fed by infalling gas from the surrounding environment, some of which can be seen in residual \u201caccretion disks\u201d orbiting the forming star.\u00a0 Ionized material within these disks can interact with the protostars\u2019 strong magnetic fields, which channel some of the particles toward the pole and outward in the form of jets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the jets eject material at high speeds, they can produce strong shock waves when the particles collide with previously ejected gas. These shocks heat the clouds of gas and excite the atoms, causing them to glow in what we see as HH objects.<\/p>\n<p>HH 80\/81 are the brightest HH objects known to exist. The source powering these luminous objects is the protostar IRAS 18162-2048. It\u2019s roughly 20 times the mass of the Sun, and it\u2019s the most massive protostar in the entire L291 molecular cloud. From Hubble data, astronomers measured the speed of parts of HH 80\/81 to be over 1,000 km\/s, the fastest recorded outflow in both radio and visual wavelengths from a young stellar object. Unusually, this is the only HH jet found that is driven by a young, very massive star, rather than a type of young, low-mass star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sensitivity and resolution of Hubble\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/observatory\/design\/wide-field-camera-3\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wide Field Camera 3<\/a> was critical to astronomers, allowing them to study fine details, movements, and structural changes of these objects. 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wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From Hubble<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Hubble Space Telescope<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Since its 1990 launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has changed our fundamental understanding of the universe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/hubble\/videos\/hubble-banner-animation-nov-2025-compressed.gif?w=1920&#038;h=1080&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/multimedia\/hubbles-cosmic-adventure\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Hubble\u2019s Cosmic Adventure<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" 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