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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 12:46:30 JST Corey S Powell

The birth of a new, sunlike star is beautiful and spooky in this new image from Hubble. (34 years old and going strong!)
The ominous "mask" is a cloud of cool dust. The baby star HP Tau, top of the trio, is flickering madly due to inspiraling gas, jets, and huge starspots.
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-views-the-dawn-of-a-sun-like-star/ #science #space #astronomy #astrodon #nature
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1. This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system. NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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  Hubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like Star - NASA Science
  
  Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity of a reflection nebula in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The triple-star system is made up of the variable star HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. HP Tau is known as a T […]

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