This emission is strongest under conditions which are intermediate between those in the interior of nebula and those in the dense cloud.

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Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

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Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT ...

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A sparkling stellar nursery appears reminiscent of the early universe in new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust ...

The nebula is located 160,000 light-years away in a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The nebula is a stellar nursery with a notable cluster of massive stars at its center.

Day 24 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: an energetic stellar nursery. This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the ...