The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA has recently captured a stunning photo of baby stars present in gas and dust. The location of these stars is in Nebula RCW 7, which is located just over 5300 light-years from Earth.
These young stars are giants that emit high UV radiation in space. According to NASA, these stars do chemical reactions with hydrogen ionizing the nebula that result in the pink glow along with clouds creating stellar winds, this active region is known as the H II region.
As gravity influences parts of these molecular clouds, they collapse and coalesce into very young, developing stars called protostars, The new Hubble photo, is part of a study on a massive and very young stellar pair named IRAS 07299-1651.
The image was captured by Wide Field Camera 3 in near-infrared light. Hubble is observing a massive Proto stellar at the top of this RCW 7 nebula. This Proto stellar is present there with the gas, curling clouds along with its siblings.
The Hubble Telescope was able to capture the stars due to the infrared light’s longer wavelength made it possible to capture it from between the gases and clouds while it passes through them. Some of the captured stars by Hubble are not part of the nebula but do have their existence between our solar system and this nebula.
According to the NASA statement, “The creation of an H II region marks the beginning of the end for a molecular cloud like RCW 7. Within only a few million years, radiation and winds from the massive stars will gradually disperse the nebula’s gas even more so as the most massive stars come to the end of their lives in supernova explosions”.
Hubble’s space-based observations offer unparalleled clarity, enabling us to explore the cosmos and unravel the mysteries of star formation and evolution.
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