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University, Houston, Texas Hubble Movies Provide Unprecedented
View of Supersonic Jets From Young Stars New movies created from
years of still images collected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
provide new details about the stellar birthing process, showing
energetic jets of glowing gas ejected from young stars in
unprecedented detail. The jets are a byproduct of gas accretion
around newly forming stars and shoot off at supersonic speeds of
about 100 miles per second in opposite directions through space.
These phenomena are providing clues about the final stages of a
star’s birth, offering a peek at how our Sun came into existence
4.5 billion years ago. Hubble’s unique sharpness allows
astronomers to see changes in the jets over just a few years’
time. Most astronomical process