Hubble and Beyond (rebroadcast)
Big Picture Science
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Oron Nebula - A Birthplace for New Stars
The orion nebula is a birthplace for new stars. It has been observed for a long time from the ground d and there are many beautiful ground base pictures as well. What hubble did some kind of alchemy. Because on the image they put out which are sometimes called the pillars of god. There's three sort of tall pillars of cold gas, out of which stars are forming. And then the very hot new stars that have just formed are boiling away the gas on the surface,. A sort of sculpting them into these pillars.
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