Hubble Telescope Captures Stunning Images of Dracula's Chivito
The nickname Dracula’s Chivito playfully reflects the heritage of its researchers—one from Transylvania and another from Uruguay, where the national dish is a sandwich called a chivito
Scientists at NASA have imaged the largest planet-forming disk ever observed circling a young star, using the Hubble Space Telescope. Located around 1,000 light-years away, the telescope captured the disk to be “unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent”, and named it ‘Dracula’s Chivito’.
“The findings mark a new milestone for Hubble and shed light on how planets may form in extreme environments,” according to NASA.
Although officially named as IRAS 23077+6707, the nickname Dracula’s Chivito playfully reflects the heritage of its researchers—one from Transylvania and another from Uruguay, where the national dish is a sandwich called a chivito. The edge-on disk resembles a hamburger, with a dark central lane flanked by glowing top and bottom layers of dust and gas.