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Animation of Disk Shadow

This artist’s animation begins with an overhead view of a young star with its planet-forming disk of gas and dust. The view then tilts down to show the star with its disk edge on. The disk blocks the light from the star, creating a pair of cone-like shadows. When viewed from far away, the disk is no longer visible, but the shadows remain and give clues to the structure and composition of the disk.
  • Release Date
    October 31, 2018
  • Science Release
    Hubble Reveals a Giant Cosmic “Bat Shadow”
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  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, and D. Player (STScI)

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Serpens Nebula HBC 672

Serpens Nebula HBC 672

Shadows on Earth can be mysterious and foreboding, but when they occur in space, they can convey information we otherwise could not know. In a stellar nursery called the Serpens Nebula, nearly 1,300 light-years away, a young star’s game of shadow play is revealing secrets of its...

Compass Image of HBC 672

Compass Image of HBC 672

Zoom into the Serpens Nebula

Zoom into the Serpens Nebula

This video zooms into the Serpens Nebula to the object HBC 672, also known as the "Bat Shadow."

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Mar 05, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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