Hubble Spots Giant Flapping Shadow
- Produced by:
- Paul Morris
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In 2017, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a huge wing-shaped shadow cast by a fledgling star’s unseen, planet-forming disk. The young star, called HBC 672, is casting the shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region—like a fly wandering into the beam of a flashlight shining on a wall.
Now, after observing the shadow again, astronomers report that they see the giant shadow flapping its "wings"!
For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope and its images, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Music Credits:
“Floating Freefall” by Jason Steele [ ASCAP ]. Soundcast Music [ SESAC ] and Universal Production Music.
Now, after observing the shadow again, astronomers report that they see the giant shadow flapping its "wings"!
For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope and its images, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.
Music Credits:
“Floating Freefall” by Jason Steele [ ASCAP ]. Soundcast Music [ SESAC ] and Universal Production Music.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Visualizers
- Andi James (STScI)
- Greg Bacon (STScI)
Producer
- Paul Morris (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
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