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NASA took to their blog to explain that the Hubble Space Telescope was used to observe a region of space called the Chamaeleon Cloud Complex.
SEE THE GALLERY – 2 IMAGES
The Chamaeleon Cloud Complex is a star forming region that spans 65 light years across. The photograph above is a composite image called Chamaeleon Cloud I (Cha I), and it features the reflection nebulae shining with the light of young blue stars. Additionally, the dark, dusty clouds seen in the image are regions of space where stars are forming. Radiating nodes are also visible throughout the image. These are called Herbig-Haro objects.
NASA explains:Herbig-Haro objects are bright tufts and arcs of interstellar gas shocked and energized by jets expelled from infant “protostars” in the process of formation. The white-orange cloud at the bottom of the image hosts one of these protostars at its center. Its bright white jets of hot gas are ejected in narrow torrents from the poles of the protostar, creating Herbig-Haro object HH 909A.“
The space agency writes that Cha 1 was observed with the intention of locating low-mass brown dwarf stars. NASA describes these stars as “lack“due to their lack of mass preventing them from igniting to maintain nuclear fusion in their cores.”Hubble research has found six new low-mass brown dwarf candidates that help astronomers better understand these objects.“
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