If the beautiful view of sunlight
reflecting off glass shards blowing at Mach 5 still spoils your
interplanetary picnic plans, then perhaps you can find better weather
activity near a young proto star, such as HOPS-68. At a distance of
1,350 light years from Earth, this still-forming star is surrounded
by icy cold clouds with temperatures around –280 °F (-170 °C ).
Jets of gas from the proto-star are blasting green crystalline
minerals called olivine into the atmosphere, which are then cooled by
the surrounding clouds and are raining back down to the boiling
surface in a beautiful display of gem-like glitter. So romantic! This
interstellar phenomenon, however, is best observed from afar.
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