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HUBBLE OBSERVES
FLAPPING SHADOW IN SPACE

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The Hubble Space Telescope has recently
observed something fascinating happening in space.

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A planet-forming disk around a young star
named HBC 672 is casting a huge shadow
resembling a pair of flapping wings.

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Hubble captured one image of
this giant shadow in 2017...

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...but when Hubble looked at it again later,
scientists realized that the shadow had moved.

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When you compare the images back to back,
the giant “wings” appear to flap.

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A planet’s gravity could be warping the disk
into the shape of a saddle,
causing the shadow to change as the disk rotates.

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With 30 years of observations, Hubble can
watch celestial objects change over time
to better understand how the universe works.

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