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Title
The Crucible
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
"A frEGGS-plosion of star formation"
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, depicts a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules, or frEGGs for short. This object is formally known as J025157.5+600606.
When a massive new star starts to shine while still within the cool molecular cloud from which it formed, its energetic radiation can ionise the cloud’s hydrogen and create a large, hot bubble of ionised gas. Amazingly, located within this bubble of hot gas around a nearby massive star are the frEGGs: dark compact globules of dust and gas, some of which are giving birth to low-mass stars. The boundary between the cool, dusty frEGG and the hot gas bubble is seen as the glowing purple/blue edges in this fascinating image.
In July 2020 a previous ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week, of J025027.7+600849, featured another frEEG.
Image and Text Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sahai
Additional image editing by Eric Glaser
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October 26th, 2020
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