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Within a ghostly blue and orange cloud of gas and dust, several stars shine brightly. To the upper left is a protoplanetary disk, appearing as a bright point flanked on either side by fan-shaped shadows. To the center right, stars are nestled in a cavity in the gas and dust.

Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects

A bright reflection nebula shares the stage with a protostar and planet-forming disk in this Hubble image.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and D. Watson (University of Rochester); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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TakenJanuary 13, 2026
Image CreditNASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and D. Watson (University of Rochester); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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