Jets of material blasting from newborn stars, are captured in this James Webb Space Telescope close-up of the Serpens Nebula. The powerful protostellar outflows are bipolar, twin jets spewing in opposite directions. Their directions are perpendicular to accretion disks formed around the spinning, collapsing stellar infants.
Image Credit:NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan, Joel Green
Hinterland by Tom Leighton Scars of human presence punctuate this hostile environment, where unknown chemical elements now surface from their captivity.
HH 45 is a region within the Running Man Nebula, which is part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
The Running Man Nebula, also known as NGC 1977, is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It gets its name from its appearance, which resembles a running figure.
HH 45 specifically refers to a Herbig-Haro object, which is a type of astronomical object formed by the interaction of a young stellar object (like a protostar) with the surrounding gas and dust.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Bally (University of Colorado at Boulder); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
HH 45 is a region within the Running Man Nebula, which is part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.
The Running Man Nebula, also known as NGC 1977, is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It gets its name from its appearance, which resembles a running figure.
HH 45 specifically refers to a Herbig-Haro object, which is a type of astronomical object formed by the interaction of a young stellar object (like a protostar) with the surrounding gas and dust.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. Bally (University of Colorado at Boulder); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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