More pics from deep space. This is a new composite infrared photo from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, depicting a young star blowing bubbles in the cosmic cloud of gas and dust around it.
The two hollow "bubbles" on either side are formed by powerful jets of gas flowing out of the star at between 120 to 190 miles per second, and hitting the cloud of material around it. The green in the image depicts warm molecular hydrogen gas, while the blue tint is starlight scattered by the surrounding dust.
The red areas at the leading edge of each bubble show the presence of hot sulfur and iron gas where the jets are crashing through the material ahead of them.
The baby star, winningly named HH 46/47, is located about 1,140 light-years from Earth.
Bubbly Little Star[NASA JPL]
(Image: Three-color composite infrared photo of star HH 46/47, taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
