A bright, boomerang-shaped feature in this photo from the Hubble Space Telescope appears to be the result of a young, high-velocity star darting through cloud of interstellar dust and gas. Scientists believe that the star was ejected from the star cluster in which is was born and is barrelling through the nebula at speeds exceeding 124,000 mph (200,000 km/h). This little-known nebula, designated IRAS 05437+2502, is located about 380 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. — Hanneke Weitering
A bright, boomerang-shaped feature in this photo from the Hubble Space Telescope appears to be the result of a young, high-velocity star darting through cloud of interstellar dust and gas. Scientists believe that the star was ejected from the star cluster in which is was born and is barrelling through the nebula at speeds exceeding 124,000 mph (200,000 km/h). This little-known nebula, designated IRAS 05437+2502, is located about 380 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. — Hanneke Weitering
A bright, boomerang-shaped feature in this photo from the Hubble Space Telescope appears to be the result of a young, high-velocity star darting through cloud of interstellar dust and gas. Scientists believe that the star was ejected from the star cluster in which is was born and is barrelling through the nebula at speeds exceeding 124,000 mph (200,000 km/h). This little-known nebula, designated IRAS 05437+2502, is located about 380 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. — Hanneke Weitering