The nursery of 30 baby solar systems captured by Hubble

It looks like a beautiful watercolour painting, but this picture reveals a collection of 30 baby solar systems bursting into life in the Orion Nebula.

Out of this world: A collection of 30 baby solar systems bursting into life  in the Orion Nebula

The images present stars in various stages of development and can offer scientists a better understanding of how the early universe evolved.

Dr Robert Massey from the British Astronomical Society said: 'If we could turn the clock back this is probably how our Sun would have looked like 4,500billion years ago.'