A Star Turns On
In this artist’s interpretation, the spinning disk of a newly-forming star swirls the gas around it in a counter-clockwise motion. The gas is coded by color, with reds showing speed away from us and blue showing speeds toward us. This new star resides in the giant star-forming cloud in the Orion constellation.
Credit: Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
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