Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Open Science: [19]Browse 2,600+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library Tomorrow's picture: triangle surprise __________________________________________________________________ [20]< | [21]Archive | [22]Submissions | [23]Index | [24]Search | [25]Calendar | [26]RSS | [27]Education | [28]About APOD | [29]Discuss | [30]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell ([34]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [35]Specific rights apply. [36]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [37]ASD at [38]NASA / [39]GSFC & [40]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2112/HH666_HubbleOzsarac_4347.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.esa.int/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html 6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mhozsarac/ 7. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b5/53/92/b553920e358c82d66e288fb339330614--natural-honey-honey-bees.jpg 8. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mhozsarac/51735764751/in/dateposted-public/ 9. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180311.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190623.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150208.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html 15. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2009/25/2601-Image.html 16. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves 17. https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-hh666/ 18. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30945 19. https://ascl.net/code/all 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211213.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 29. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=211214 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211215.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 40. http://www.mtu.edu/