Mystic Mountain, Carina Nebula outer space picture Bath Mat

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series: A really gorgeous bath mat featuring the 7500 light year distant Carina Nebula. Known as Mystic Mountains, this Hubble image shows rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new stars. As a proto star forms, the gas clouds get dragged to its surface and some gets emitted as tight jets of material travelling at hundreds of miles per second. These in turn help sculpt the gas clouds into weird and grotesque shapes, some looking like strange worms, swimming through space. Image code: cnbigc Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA