NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled astonishing new details about FU Orionis (FU Ori), a young star in the constellation Orion known for its dramatic brightness outburst nearly a century ago.

In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was ...

This research ha... Hubble Space Telescope’s recent observations of FU Orionis have revealed surprising new details about the star’s accretion disk. The study found that the disk’s inner ...