Celestial Lightsabers: The Stellar Jets of HH 24 (3-D Fly)

Herbig-Haro Jet HH 24

Just in time for the release of the movie "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens," NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed what looks like a cosmic, double-bladed lightsaber. In the center of the image, partially obscured by a dark, Jedi-like cloak of dust, a newborn...

Jets From a Newborn Star

This is an artist's concept of the fireworks that accompany the birth of a star. The young stellar object is encircled by a pancake-shaped disk of dust and gas left over from the collapse of the nebula that formed the star. Gas falls onto the newly forming star and is heated to...

Compass and Scale Image of HH 24

Celestial Lightsabers: The Stellar Jets of HH 24 (3-D Fly, Short Version)

This movie envisions a three-dimensional perspective on the Hubble Space Telescope's striking image of the Herbig-Haro object known as HH 24. The sequence starts with a wide-field view covering the vast dark cloud of the Orion B molecular cloud complex and a scattering of stars....

Celestial Lightsabers: The Stellar Jets of HH 24 (2-D Zoom and 3-D Fly)

This sequence combines a two-dimensional zoom and a three-dimensional flight to explore the Hubble Space Telescope's striking image of the Herbig-Haro object known as HH 24. The movie starts with a night sky view of the Orion constellation and zooms in. Located above the left...

Celestial Lightsabers: The Stellar Jets of HH 24 (2-D Zoom)

This sequence zooms from a night sky view of the Orion constellation into a striking Hubble Space Telescope image of the Herbig-Haro object known as HH 24. Located above the left side of Orion's Belt is the vast dark nebula called the Orion B molecular cloud complex. Within this...