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Surrounded by an envelope of dust, the subject of this Hubble image is a young forming star Text credit: European Space Agency Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Surrounded by an envelope of dust, the subject is a young forming star: HBC 1. The star is in an immature and adolescent phase of life, while most of a sun-like star’s life is spent in a stable stage comparable to human adulthood. In this view, HBC 1 illuminates a wispy reflection nebula known as IRAS 00044+6521. Formed from clouds of interstellar dust, reflection nebulae do not emit any visible light of their own. Instead, like fog encompassing a lamppost, they shine via the light reflected off the dust from the stars embedded within...