A "Herbig-Haro object"  is formed when young stars eject jets of material back into interstellar space. Herbig-Haro 32 is about 1,000 light-years from Earth.

Internet Learning Opportunities from NASA

• NASA Quest: For educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.
• GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment): A worldwide, school-based Earth system science and education program.

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained images of the strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing in the constellation Aquila like a giant eye, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center.

Pacific Science Center

• Astro Adventures: Two astronomy curricula address national and state elementary space science standards.

Museum of Flight

• Education programs: Professional development workshops offer help in integrating space science into curriculum through museum workshops, outreach programs and distance learning.
  
• Washington Aerospace Scholars: A distance learning and summer residency program for high school juniors.

Other NASA-sponsored Programs

• NASA Explorer Schools: An innovative partnership between NASA and individual schools to increase student interest and abilities in science, mathematics and technology.
• NASA Aerospace Education Services Project: AESP reaches out to the formal and informal education communities in all fifty states and the U.S. territories.

  All images courtesy of NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team.

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