Wednesday, December 25 2024 04:59 AEST

Gazing Into Our Star’s Past with HP Tau

A new image from The Hubble Space Telescope of ten million year old star HP Tau, has revealed what the early stages of our star might have looked like.

At roughly five hundred and fifty light years from Earth, HP Tau hasn’t kick started it’s nuclear fusion process yet, and is currently enveloped by thick clouds and gas and dust.

Astronomers have noted that the apparent magnitude – or it’s brightness observed from here on Earth – is in a state of flux, both in terms of duration and frequency, likely a result of it’s formative years or possibly that gas and dust falling into the corona.

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