Reflection Nebulas and Star Formation

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope gets a detailed look at a nebula lit up with the light of a nearby star and discovers future stars in the making. 

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Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning partners: Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
 
Video imagery:

·Wide view, reflection nebula IC 2631: European Southern Observatory/ La Silla Observatory
·Detail, reflection nebula IC 2631: NASA, ESA, and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing; Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

Writer: Leah Ramsay
Designer: Leah Hustak
Science review: Dr. Quyen Hart
Education review: Jim Manning
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Objects and gases of various colors in outer space. Text, News from the Universe
 
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November 18, 2021. Reflection Nebulas and Star Formation
 
Reflection nebulas like this are lit up with the scattered light of nearby stars.
 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope zoomed in for a more detailed look.
 
This gas and dust are the raw material of stars and planets.
 
When young protostars gather enough matter, they can create their own energy and light as a star.
 
Leftover gas and dust surrounding the star can become planets and moons.
 
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Here Hubble reveals potential future solar systems in their earliest stages.
 
This news was brought to you in part by the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD