Large Protoplanetary Disk Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito” | Hubble Space Telescope

Large Protoplanetary Disk Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito” | Hubble Space Telescope

Located roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth, this protoplanetary disk, nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito,” spans nearly 400 billion miles, 40 times the diameter of the solar system to the outer edge of the Kuiper belt of cometary bodies.

Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito,” the disk’s playful name comes from its discoverers, one from Transylvania and another from Uruguay, where the national dish is a sandwich called a chivito.

Thanks to Hubble, we now can see this disk’s surprising scale and detail. Dracula’s Chivito is not just the largest protoplanetary disk ever imaged, it is also a window into how planets are born and how systems like ours began.

Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-reveals-largest-found-chaotic-birthplace-of-planets/

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Duration: 1 minute, 47 seconds
Release Date: Dec. 23, 2025

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