NASA Hubble Captures Triple Star System 550 Light Years Away

NASA has captured an amazing sight in space with the Hubble Space Telescope. The space agency has shared a photo in which three new young stars are visible. These three stars are visible in a shining nebula. NASA has called it the HP Tau family. In which three stars HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3 are visible.

HP Tau is the brightest star among these three. This star is a baby star. Our Sun is said to be 4.6 billion years old. HP Tau is said to be only 10 million years old. NASA has called it a T Tauri star in which nuclear fusion has not yet started. But it is also on the path of becoming a bright star like our Sun.

NASA said in a press release that these young stars are often found wrapped in dust and gas left over from their birth. This is the reason for the spinning nebula near HP Tau. The light of HP Tau is not stable, it seems to be increasing and decreasing. Such changes are not stable. They are affected by the environment of a newly born star.

This disk revolving around the star nourishes the star. Along with this, some material also keeps falling on it. Apart from this, the presence of large sunspots on the surface of the star can also be the reason for the irregular brightness of the star. HP Tau is located 550 light years away from the Earth. Like some other nebulae, it is not producing its own light. Instead, it is acting like a huge celestial mirror, which is reflecting the light of the stars present nearby.

Describing the Reflection Nebula, NASA has said that it is something like the foggy cloud that appears in front of a car when its headlights are on on a foggy night. The US space agency NASA keeps sharing space-related events and latest pictures on its social media platform from time to time. These often include pictures captured from the Hubble Space Telescope.