A tiny fraction of the stellar nursery known as Sh2-284 is visible in this glittering, star-filled NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. This immense region of gas and dust is the birthing place of stars, which shine among the clouds. Bright clusters of newborn stars glow pink in infrared light, and clouds of gas and dust, […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Emission Nebulae, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Nebulae, Star-forming Nebulae, The Universe
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March 8, 2025
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