Jets of Outflowing Gas Burst from a Forming Star
Yso outflow

Credit: NASA/IPAC/R. Hurt (SSC)

Artwork • January 1st, 2003 • sig00_YSO_outflow

sig00_YSO_outflow

Jets of outflowing gas burst from a forming star still accumulating material from the surrounding disk.

About the Object

Name
Type
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Star > Circumstellar Material > Outflow
Nebula > Type > Jet