Hubble Uncovers 'Dracula's Chivito': A 400 Billion-Mile Planet Factory

• NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered 'Dracula's Chivito', a giant 'sandwich-like' protoplanetary disk, the largest planet birthplace found.
• Named IRAS 23077+6707, it spans 400 billion miles, 40 times wider than our solar system, located 1,000 light-years away.
• The nickname 'Dracula's Chivito' comes from researchers' origins and its burger-like appearance with a dark central line.
• The disk is 'lopsided', with one side clear and the other showing storm-like filaments, baffling scientists.
• This massive disk could form dozens of Jupiter-sized planets and will be further studied by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Why It Matters: Hubble reveals a colossal, lopsided protoplanetary disk, 'Dracula's Chivito', a chaotic planet-forming factory.