astronomyblog: Hubble Sees the Force Awakening in a Newborn Star This celestial lightsaber does
astronomyblog: Hubble Sees the Force Awakening in a Newborn Star This celestial lightsaber does not lie in a galaxy far, far away, but rather inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way. It’s inside a turbulent birthing ground for new stars known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away. In the center of the image, partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn star shoots twin jets out into space as a sort of birth announcement to the universe Credit: NASA / ESA -- source link
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