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To the RIGHT is an HST (Hubble Space Telescope) image of the
Orion Nebulae. At the center are several very bright,
massive stars which have recently formed (shown in Blue).
All around there is left over gas and dust, some of it still in the process of forming new stars. Note the bright yellow `tadpole' looking sources. They have been termed `Proplyds' (short for proto-planetary disks). They all seem to be facing the bright star on the lower right. |
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Upon closer inspection of these proplyds, we see they are
dense condensations of proto-stars with proto-planetary systems.
If they do form a star, it will be something quite small, smaller even than the Sun. Proplyd #5 looks very much to have a bright star at the center, with a ring of `proto-planetary' material around it. This is likely the origins of a distant solar system of planets. |
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