In this processed Spitzer Space Telescope image, baby star HH 46/47 can be seen blowing two massive bubbles. The star is 1,140 light-years away from Earth.

Combined observations from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and the newly completed Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array ALMA in Chile have revealed the throes of stellar birth in the well-studied object known as HH 46/47.