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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Particle Beam Jet forms HH 24

    02/04/2014 6:59:34 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies
    NASA ^ | February 04, 2014 | (see photo credit)
    Explanation: If you visit HH 24, don't go near the particle beam jet. This potential future travel advisory might be issued because the powerful jet likely contains electrons and protons moving hundreds of kilometers per second. The above image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in infrared light in order to better understand turbulent star forming regions known as Young Stellar Objects (YSOs). Frequently when a star forms, a disk of dust and gas circles the YSO causing a powerful central jets to appear. In this case, the energetic jets are creating, at each end, Herbig-Haro object 24 (HH...