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                              2021 December 14
   [2]The featured image shows dust pillar HH 666 in the Carina Nebula as
     taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Please see the explanation for
                         more detailed information.

                     HH 666: Carina Dust Pillar with Jet
      Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble; Processing & Copyright:
                           [6]Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç

   Explanation: To some, it may look like a [7]beehive. In reality, the
   [8]featured image from the [9]Hubble Space Telescope captures a cosmic
   pillar of dust, over two-[10]light years long, inside of which is
   [11]Herbig-Haro 666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets. The
   structure lies within one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions,
   the [12]Carina Nebula, shining in southern skies at a distance of about
   7,500 light-years. [13]The pillar's layered outline are shaped by the
   [14]winds and radiation of Carina's young, hot, massive stars, some of
   which are still forming inside the nebula. A [15]dust-penetrating view
   in [16]infrared light better [17]shows the two, narrow, [18]energetic
   jets blasting outward from a still hidden infant star.

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