NASA snaps birth of star through Hubble telescope in mind-blowing picture

19/02/2019

There’s a space nerd deep down inside of all of us and this picture will definitely bring it out in you.

Nasa shared a picture of which was captured through the Hubble Telescope of the birth of a star and people are loving it online.

The space agency shared the image on Instagram and within 13 hours it racked up over 718,000 likes.

This is the image of the birth of the star captured by the Hubble Telescope. Pic: European Space Agency/Hubble/NASA & K. Stapelfeldt

Writing alongside the picture, the agency said: ‘Our @NASAHubble Space Telescope captured the smoking gun of a newborn star!

‘Stars are born in dark clouds of gas and dust. But star formation is an energetic process, and newly-formed stars can send out a brilliant display of lights called Herbig-Haro objects.

Hubble captures incredible pictures including the many sides of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. Located 10,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a once massive star that died in a violent supernova explosion 325 years ago. Pic: Photo12/UIG via Getty Images

‘These objects form as jets of hot gas spewed by the newborn star collide with the surrounding matter at high speeds.

‘In this image, these five objects can be seen at the top center as bright blue streaks traveling away from the star that created them at 150,000 miles per hour, towards the upper left.