The Hubble Space Telescope captured an infant star throwing a 'stellar tantrum,' which occurs in the early stages of a young star's development. The colored streak billowing from the baby star is a jet of gas colliding at supersonic speeds with material around the infant star. This collision heats the surrounding material causing it to glow. Astronomers call these "colorfully wispy structures" Herbig–Haro objects. This one is located 1,250 light-years from Earth in the Orion Nebula.