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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Cosmic Jet

This cosmic jet looks like a huge cosmic tornado and was captured by the Spitzer Telescope. This helical structure is a series of shock waves from a powerful protostellar jet as it hits neighboring dust and gas.

http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/image_archive/2006/7/hires.jpg

For a more detailed view and a zoom in feature, click the links for the high resolution or low resolution image.

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