Jets, bubbles and bursts of light in Taurus — annotated: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a striking view of a multiple star system called XZ Tauri, its neighbour HL Tauri and several nearby young stellar objects. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets. These objects illuminate the region, creating a truly dramatic scene. In this image XZ Tauri, HL Tauri and V1213 Tauri — as well as the Herbig-Haro objects HH 150 and HH 30 associated with the latter two — have been highlighted.

Name: LDN 1551, XZ Tauri
Type: Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar ObjectLocal Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Dark
Category: NebulaeStars
Distance: 450 light years
Release date: 6 November 2014, 13:00
Credit: Image credit: ESA/Hubble and NASAAcknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

The area around XZ Tauri (ground-based image): This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around multiple star system XZ Tauri. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets.

Name: LDN 1551, XZ Tauri
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Multiple
Category: Stars
Constellation: Taurus
Distance: 450 light years
Release date: 6 November 2014, 13:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

Four globular clusters in Fornax: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows four globular clusters in the dwarf galaxy Fornax. New observations of the clusters — large balls of stars that orbit the centres of galaxies — show they are very similar to those found in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The finding is at odds with leading theories on how these clusters form — in these theories, globular clusters should be nestled among large quantities of old stars — and so the mystery of how these objects came to exist deepens. Left to right: Fornax 1, Fornax 2, Fornax 3 and Fornax 5. Their positions within the galaxy are shown in image G.

Name: Fornax 1, Fornax 2, Fornax 3, Fornax 5, Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal (Galaxy)
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : GlobularLocal Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: GalaxiesStar Clusters
Release date: 20 November 2014, 16:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Larsen (Radboud University, the Netherlands)

Four globular clusters in Fornax — annotated: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows four globular clusters in the dwarf galaxy Fornax. New observations of the clusters — large balls of stars that orbit the centres of galaxies — show they are very similar to those found in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The finding is at odds with leading theories on how these clusters form — in these theories, globular clusters should be nestled among large quantities of old stars — and so the mystery of how these objects came to exist deepens. As shown in this annotated image, left to right: Fornax 1, Fornax 2, Fornax 3 and Fornax 5. Their positions within the galaxy are shown in image G.

Name: Fornax 1, Fornax 2, Fornax 3, Fornax 5, Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal (Galaxy)
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : GlobularLocal Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: GalaxiesStar Clusters
Release date: 20 November 2014, 16:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Larsen (Radboud University, the Netherlands)

Globular cluster Fornax 1: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster Fornax 1 in the dwarf galaxy Fornax. New observations of this cluster and three others in the galaxy show that they are very similar to those found in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The finding is at odds with leading theories on how these clusters form — in these theories, globular clusters should be nestled among large quantities of old stars — and so the mystery of how these objects came to exist deepens. This cluster’s position within the galaxy is shown in image G.

Name: Fornax 1, Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal (Galaxy)
Type: Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : GlobularLocal Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Category: GalaxiesStar Clusters
Constellation: Fornax
Release date: 20 November 2014, 16:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Larsen (Radboud University, the Netherlands)