The Twist in AB Aurigae Star Wall Art Size:Small (8 x 8) Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3

Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed the pillar on 1-2 February 2010

Another theory is that the increased sunlight in the summer months is changing the amounts of photochemical haze produced

Ansae are visible areas of overdensity — they commonly take looping

Credit: ESO/J

Effective temperature: -357 degrees Fahrenheit

The Twist in AB Aurigae Star Wall Art Size:Small (8 x 8) Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3This image shows the disc around the young AB Aurigae star, where ESOs Very Large Telescope (VLT) has spotted signs of planet birth. Close to the centre of the image, in the inner region of the disc, we see the twist (in very bright yellow) that scientists believe marks the spot where a planet is forming. This twist lies at about the same distance from the AB Aurigae star as Neptune from the Sun. The image was obtained with the VLTs SPHERE instrument