Star formation
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Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space—sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions"—collapse and form stars. As a
Westerhout 51 nebula in Aquila – one of the largest star factories in the Milky Way (August 25, 2020)
Hubble Space Telescope image known as Pillars of Creation, where stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula
Assembly of galaxy in early Universe
ALMA observations of the Orion Nebula complex provide insights into explosions at star birth.
Westerhout 40
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Westerhout 40 or W40 is a star-forming region in the Milky Way located in the constellation Serpens. In this region, interstellar gas forming a diffuse nebula surrounds a cluster of several hundred ne
W40 as seen in the infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
View of the core of the molecular cloud as seen by Herschel/SPIRE at 500 μm. Overlaid (white circles) are young stars detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Spitzer Space Telescope mosaic image of W40.
A close-up of an IRDC in the Spitzer image.