Hubblecast

Born in Beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula (1x32)

Date de diffusion: Déc 14, 2009

Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new discs within it that could be the beginnings of new planetary systems like our own.