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Herbig-Haro 34 (HH 34)

Over the span of 14 years, the Hubble Space Telescope looked at a bright, clumpy jet known as HH 34 ejected from a young star. Several bright regions in the clumps signify where material is slamming into each other, heating up, and glowing.
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    November 14, 2018
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    NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Investigate Cosmic Jets from Young Stars
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    Video: NASA, ESA, Gregory Bacon (STScI)

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A pair of thin horizontal orange-gold jets are tilted from bottom left to top right, known as Herbig-Haro 212.

Herbig-Haro 212 (VLT)

A pair of jets protrude outwards in this infrared image of Herbig-Haro 212 (HH 212), taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Webb’s high resolution and sensitivity will allow astronomers to examine objects like this in greater detail than ever before.

A vertical infographic, titled "Shockwaves in Space" at the top, with the subhead "Anatomy of a Stellar Jet" in an inset halfway down, illustrates and labels the details of a stellar jet. See extended description.

Anatomy of a Stellar Jet

When a jet of material traveling at supersonic speeds slam into interstellar gas and dust, it creates a shock wave that compresses and heats matter.

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Last Updated
Aug 28, 2025
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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laura.e.betz@nasa.gov

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NASA, ESA, Gregory Bacon (STScI)

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