The four second video above might not seem that impressive, but consider that it took NASA fourteen years of photographing a gas cloud to make it. What you’re seeing is the very beginnings of a star. From NASA’s website:
The movies reveal the motion of the speedy outflows as they tear through their interstellar environments. Never-before-seen details in the jets’ structure include knots of gas brightening and dimming over time and collisions between fast-moving and slow-moving material, creating glowing arrowhead features. These phenomena are providing clues about the final stages of a star’s birth, offering a peek at how our Sun behaved 4.5 billion years ago.
NASA’s full explanation can be found on Hubble’s website along with more videos.
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