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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNewly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>. Hubble took these infant star snapshots in an effort to learn how massive stars form.<\/p>\nProtostars are shrouded in thick dust that blocks light, but Hubble can detect the near-infrared emission that shines through holes formed by the protostar\u2019s jets of gas and dust. The radiating energy can provide information about these \u201coutflow cavities,\u201d like their structure, radiation fields, and dust content. Researchers look for connections between the properties of these young stars \u2013 like outflows, environment, mass, brightness \u2013 and their evolutionary stage to test massive star formation theories.<\/p>\nThese images were taken as part of the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, which investigates how stars form, especially massive stars with more than eight times the mass of our Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\nThe Cepheus A region is home to a number of infant stars, including a protostar that is responsible for much of the region\u2019s illumination.<\/div>\n
Newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>. Hubble took these infant star snapshots in an effort to learn how massive stars form.<\/p>\nProtostars are shrouded in thick dust that blocks light, but Hubble can detect the near-infrared emission that shines through holes formed by the protostar\u2019s jets of gas and dust. The radiating energy can provide information about these \u201coutflow cavities,\u201d like their structure, radiation fields, and dust content. Researchers look for connections between the properties of these young stars \u2013 like outflows, environment, mass, brightness \u2013 and their evolutionary stage to test massive star formation theories.<\/p>\nThese images were taken as part of the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, which investigates how stars form, especially massive stars with more than eight times the mass of our Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\nThe Cepheus A region is home to a number of infant stars, including a protostar that is responsible for much of the region\u2019s illumination.<\/div>\n
Protostars are shrouded in thick dust that blocks light, but Hubble can detect the near-infrared emission that shines through holes formed by the protostar\u2019s jets of gas and dust. The radiating energy can provide information about these \u201coutflow cavities,\u201d like their structure, radiation fields, and dust content. Researchers look for connections between the properties of these young stars \u2013 like outflows, environment, mass, brightness \u2013 and their evolutionary stage to test massive star formation theories.<\/p>\n
These images were taken as part of the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey, which investigates how stars form, especially massive stars with more than eight times the mass of our Sun.<\/p>\n