Hubble Spots Giant Flapping Shadow

Hubble Spots Giant Flapping Shadow

In 2017, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a huge wing-shaped shadow cast by a fledgling star’s unseen, planet-forming disk. The young star, called HBC 672, is casting the shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region—like a fly wandering into the beam of a flashlight shining on a wall. Now, after observing the shadow again, astronomers report that they see the giant shadow flapping its "wings"! Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/hubble-sees-cosmic-flapping-bat-shadow En español: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/el-hubble-observa-el-aleteo-cosmico-de-la-sombra-de-un-murcielago Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris (USRA): Producer / Editor Visualization Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. James and G. Bacon (STScI) Music credits: “Floating Freefall” by Jason Steele [ ASCAP ]. Soundcast Music [ SESAC ] and Universal Production Music. This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13638 See more Hubble videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAHubble · Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAHubble · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NASAHubble · Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc