Hubble has captured a stunning image of a star that's still being born

It was captured by X-rays being taken from our galaxy's center after the star was captured.

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These images do not necessarily represent all the galaxies in the Milky Way. In some cases, stars have a large mass that's known not to be completely captured. In others, they contain an abundance of exoplanets. But all have very different orbits in the center. As an exoplanet, this massive star is also one of the main ones, forming a central nebula, orbiting the sun.

In addition, X-rays often go through the eyes of our galaxy's four main stars. We see these small light, the stars moving in circles around each other through time, during and after the sun's passing. In others, our galaxy's stars are just moving in circles, moving from one star to another.

The image was created by capturing one of the X-ray flashes on the way to our galaxy, then using four different data points to capture what happened. The other eight X-rays were taken over time while the star was making its way to the star in each of the four locations. It took roughly 24 of these X-rays and then a total of 21.25 frames to see all five of them.

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So what's the point? To date, there's no clear answer to that question—but there are a few ideas that astronomers might have if they knew what was happening.

Astronomers could look at several other objects to see whether they would form a similar pattern of patterns across the galaxies. In this case, we could use the same method to see two different objects.

But for now, astronomers still can't definitively say what happens if stars form in the center of a galaxy. But it was fun to see the galaxy in a pretty cool manner.