Herbig-Haro 49/50 Science Visualization

Fly me to the … galaxy?

Take a trip along the outflow of a still-forming star in this science visualization of Herbig-Haro 49/50, produced with data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Intricate details are revealed within the outflow that provide clues about how young sun-like stars form and how their jets affect the environment around them.

While the apparent position of a distant spiral galaxy at the tip of the outflow creates a beautiful two-dimensional image, this 3D visualization demonstrates how this is a random alignment — these objects are very far apart from each other.

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