A stunning infrared close-up of the Orion Nebula, revealing "cosmic bullets"—high-velocity gas clouds ejected by massive star formation. These blue (false color) clouds, each about ten times the size of Pluto's orbit, leave yellowish trails of shock-heated hydrogen gas. Captured by the Gemini South telescope in Chile using its advanced adaptive optics system.

Astronomy Picture from 10/01/2013

The Orion Bullets

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130110.html


#OrionNebula #CosmicBullets #StarFormation #InfraredAstronomy #GeminiSouth #AdaptiveOptics #Nebula #Space #Astronomy #Astrophysics #APOD #DeepSpace