A young star's golden "lightsaber" shoots into space 1,350 light-years from Earth in a new image released from the European Space Agency. While the jets shooting from the star do appear to resemble a double-bladed lightsaber from Star Wars, there is actually a far more scientific explanation for the unusual appearance of this nascent star in the Milky Way. The star's jets of light are produced as the star feeds and shoots jets of "energized gas" in opposite directions from its poles, the Europea...
A young star's golden "lightsaber" shoots into space 1,350 light-years from Earth in a new image released from the European Space Agency. While the jets shooting from the star do appear to resemble a double-bladed lightsaber from Star Wars, there is actually a far more scientific explanation for the unusual appearance of this nascent star in the Milky Way. The star's jets of light are produced as the star feeds and shoots jets of "energized gas" in opposite directions from its poles, the Europea...
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