Hubble Unveils Colorful and Turbulent Star-Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit Milestone

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA2008-08-10

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NASA Hubble peers into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074. The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps triggered by a nearby supernova explosion. It lies about 170,000 light-years away near the Tarantula

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Title: Hubble Unveils Colorful and Turbulent Star-Birth Region on 100,000th Orbit Milestone
Creator: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA
Date Created: 2008-08-10
Rights: JPL

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