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HERBIG-HARO 24 PARTICLE RIGHT TWO ⠀ ⠀ This might seem like a double-edged beamer, but these two cosmic jets are actually spreading out of a newly born star in a nearby galaxy. This fascinating scene, created from Hubble Space Telescope visuals, stretches for approximately half a light year in Herbig-Haro 24 (HH 24), at a star birth house in the Orion B Molecular Cloud Complex, at a distance of approximately 1300 light years. The central precursor, not directly visible to HH 24, is surrounded by cold dust and gasses flattened by a spinning accumulation disc. The item warms up from the disdain to the young star diske. The system is throwing opposite jets along the axis of rotation. The energetic jets that pass through the star's interstellar material form a series of bright shock buffs along the way ⠀ ⠀ Visual: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA) / Hubble-European Cooperation ⠀ D. Padgett (NASA's GSFC), T. Megeath U. Toledo), B. Reipurth (U. Hawaii)