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    Was genau ist dieses Weltraumobjekt?


    Bin gerade auf dieses verrückte Weltraumbild gestoßen und kann nicht genau erkennen, was ich da sehe. Es sieht fast so aus, als ob sich mitten im Weltraum eine Art kosmische Figur oder ein Geist formiert, aber ich vermute, dass es eine echte wissenschaftliche Erklärung dafür gibt.

    1.  What exactly is this object or phenomenon?

2.  Which telescope or mission captured this image?

3.  Why does it look so much like a human or ghostly shape?

4.  What are the bright stars and glowing edges made of?

5.  Is this a place where new stars are forming or something else entirely?

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    2. aHumanRaisedByHumans on

      It’s a nebula. The remnants of an exploded star. In time, it should collect into probably a new star and planets.

    5. Mcclainsmith on

      Mystic mountain in the Carina nebula. I believe that image was taken by Hubble.

    7. slashclick on

      Link to Hubble pic and the description of it

      https://esahubble.org/images/heic1007e/

      The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this billowing cloud of cold interstellar gas and dust rising from a tempestuous stellar nursery located in the Carina Nebula, 7500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina. This pillar of dust and gas serves as an incubator for new stars and is teeming with new star-forming activity.

      Hot, young stars erode and sculpt the clouds into this fantasy landscape by sending out thick stellar winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation. The low density regions of the nebula are shredded while the denser parts resist erosion and remain as thick pillars. In the dark, cold interiors of these columns new stars continue to form.

      In the process of star formation, a disc around the proto-star slowly accretes onto the star’s surface. Part of the material is ejected along jets perpendicular to the accretion disc. The jets have speeds of several hundreds of miles per second. As these jets plough into the surrounding nebula, they create small, glowing patches of nebulosity, called Herbig-Haro (HH) objects.

      Long streamers of gas can be seen shooting in opposite directions off the pedestal on the upper right-hand side of the image. Another pair of jets is visible in a peak near the top-centre of the image. These jets (known as HH 901 and HH 902, respectively) are common signatures of the births of new stars.

    11. calccv on

      That is a nebula or star nursery. A gigantic gas and dust cloud where stars are born.

    19. IcePrincess_Not_Sk8r on

      This is an AI edited version of a Hubble image captured in 2010.

    22. Spaceboy779 on

      You go down that way…for a while…and then you hang a left. Oh you said „What?“ Lol. It’s gas. Don’t pass gas.

    23. UkraineIsMetal on

      Others have answered but I just want to throw in –

      Wow. It’s easy to think of space as „peaked“ sometimes. We look inwardly and wonder not only about the demise of our own selves, human race, planet, solar system… The demise of our universe.

      But stars will be born here. Stars that will propagate from here will last the just as long as our understanding of the universe. Stars that form here are likely to have lifespans that exceed the time from The Big Bang to Right Now.

      But looking at this. Wow. Such… Design. I’m an atheist, but this makes it hard to be an atheist.

    30. AldebaranIgnus on

      Part of my favorite nebula of all time, Carina! (Also called Caldwell 92 but that is so much less evocative.)

    33. terminalxposure on

      Correct me if I am wrong but that can’t be true color yes? As I understand it, these things are underwhelming to the naked eye as just darkness?

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