This atlas features 30 proplyds, or protoplanetary discs, that were recently discovered in the majestic Orion Nebula. Using the wide field channel on Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), astronomers discovered a total of 42 new discs that could be the seeds of planetary systems to come. Wi...
By ASHESH DAS RUP
Location: Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Tags: Hubble, Space, Universe, Nebulae, ESA, Stars