Luminous region of the Orion Nebula captured

The Orion Nebula is 1,000 light-years away from Earth and was formed by jets of gas emitted by newborn stars.

This image depicts the nebula region containing the Herbig-Haro object HH 505, which is located on the outskirts of the Orion Nebula.

The Orion Nebula is filled with intense ultraviolet radiation emitted by young stars.

Astronomers can directly observe these high-energy outflows thanks to Hubble’s sensitivity to ultraviolet light.

The image shows bright shockwaves formed by outflows as well as slower moving stellar material currents.

This finding was part of a spellbinding Hubble mosaic of the Orion Nebula, which combined 520 ACS images in five different colours to create the sharpest view of the region ever taken.