Orion Nebula's Young Star Sprays Jet Like Garden Sprinkler (Photo)

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope captured a striking "S" shaped jet of matter expelled from a young stellar object named 244-440 in the Orion Nebula. The curved nature of the jet suggests it may be coming from one star orbiting another star. The MUSE instrument was used to map the distribution of iron, nitrogen and oxygen around the young star, offering valuable insight on how stars are born in massive clouds like Orion.