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  • Released Thursday, April 18, 2013
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
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Hidden by dust, a young and mysterious star pulses like a strobe light.

Hidden by dust, a young and mysterious star pulses like a strobe light.

This video loops six images of LRLL 54361 taken in December 2010.

Every 25 days, LRLL 54361 becomes 10 times brighter and then darkens.

Every 25 days, LRLL 54361 becomes 10 times brighter and then darkens.

Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope (above) enabled scientists to see the structure around LRLL 54361.

Observations by the Hubble Space Telescope (above) enabled scientists to see the structure around LRLL 54361.

This illustration of LRLL 54361 shows two circling stars surrounded by a dense disk of dust and gas.

This illustration of LRLL 54361 shows two circling stars surrounded by a dense disk of dust and gas.

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Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video and images courtesy of NASA, ESA, STScI/J. Muzerolle, NOAO/Caltech/E. Furlan, University of Arizona/Steward Observatory/K. Flaherty, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy/Z. Balog, University of Massachusetts, Amherst/R. Gutermuth
Illustration courtesy of Caltech/Spitzer Science Center/R. Hurt
Hubble photo courtesy of NASA

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