{"id":14079,"date":"2017-03-18T01:27:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T05:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2017-03-20T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:10:23","slug":"hubble-new-mosaic-of-the-orion-nebula-and-detection-of-a-fast-escaping-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14079","title":{"rendered":"Hubble: New mosaic of the Orion Nebula and detection of a fast escaping star"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Hubble space telescope<\/a>\u00a0made a new image of the beautiful Orion Nebula and spotted a rogue star in the process:<\/p>\n

New Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This composite image of the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, part of the Orion Nebula complex, is composed of several pointings of the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in optical and near-infrared light. Infrared light allows to peer through the dust of the nebula and to see the stars therein. The revealed stars are shown with a bright red colour in the image. With this image, showing the central region of the Orion Nebula, scientists were looking for rogue planets and brown dwarfs. As side-effect they found a fast-moving runaway star. [Larger image<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>In the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula. During their survey of the famous star formation region, they found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system that had broken apart.<\/p>\n

The Orion Nebula is the closest star formation region to Earth, only 1400 light-years away. It is a turbulent place \u2014 stars are being born, planetary systems are forming and the radiation unleashed by young massive stars is carving cavities in the nebula and disrupting the growth of smaller, nearby stars.<\/p>\n