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Earlier Hubble images of HH 34. (NASA, ESA, and P. Hartigan/Rice University Gaze in Awe at This Breathtaking Hubble Image of an Outburst From a Baby Star MICHELLE STARR 11 MARCH 2022 An epic outburst from a baby star still in the process of forming has been captured in a spectacular Hubble image. Roughly 1,250 light-years away, in the Orion molecular cloud star-forming region, jets from a protostar are punching through the cloud at supersonic speeds, heating the gas and causing it to glow brightly. The result of this cosmic interaction is a short-lived, beautiful, and luminous structure known as a Herbig-Haro object.