The Beautiful Birth of a New Star

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Welcome to the Universe, IRAS 14568-6304. There’s no catchy name for this particular stellar object, because it’s too new to have been given one.

This image from the European Space Agency shows a young star, shrouded by a golden veil of light. Eventually, the gas it’s ejecting—at speeds far in excess of the speed of sound—will burn through the cloud of dust and gas, revealing the star in all its glory. Maybe by then it’ll have a name.

The star, which is at least 2280 light-years away, was photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in visible and infrared light. There are other new stars in the vicinity—known as the Circinus molecular cloud complex—too. In the coming centuries, they’ll form a bight constellation of their own that people on Earth will gaze up at in wonder.

http://gizmodo.com/the-beautiful-birth-of-a-new-star-1779574254

[WhiteTara]

1. Thanks for your great posts.

This one is fabulous!

[alfredo]

2. I'd love to see a larger image.

The one on the site gets a bit larger.

[Voice for Peace]

3. puts all our (my) human nonsense into a different perspective

beautiful beautiful universe, Brava!!
a brand new baby star!
Why, barely a few gazillion hopsskips&jumps-through-time old.

In solemn celebration, a humble candle pays homage:

Always something new under the ... erm .. under
the thing the Sun is under.
yeah that's it.... always something
new under there.

"Nothingnewunderthe... ?? well bah,hogwash."

[niyad]

4. how utterly magnificent!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. the colors! Gold...silver...deepest purest black....brightest white

Wow

[Renew Deal]

6. The Hubble Telescope is one of humanity's greatest achievements

It is a gift.

[cstanleytech]

7. Right behind indoor plumping and toilet paper. nt

[SCantiGOP]

8. Thanks

We forget sometimes that we do not live in a static universe.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Thank you. n/t