Bipolar outflow

Imagine you have a very powerful water hose and you're spraying water in all directions. This is like a star that's creating a bipolar outflow.

Stars are like giant balls of hot gas that shine very brightly in the sky. Sometimes, they have lots of gas and dust around them, which can create a powerful wind of gas and dust that shoots out into space. This is called a bipolar outflow.

Bipolar means the wind is coming out of the star in two opposite directions, like when you blow on a whistle and air comes out from both ends. Outflow means the gas and dust is flowing away from the star.

This outflow can travel very fast and very far, shaping and changing the gas and dust around the star. Scientists study these bipolar outflows to learn more about how stars form and evolve.