Infant Stars Peek Out from Dusty Cradles

NASA/ESA/ESO/JPL-Caltech/Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy2013-03-19

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Astronomers have discovered some of the youngest stars ever seen thanks to the Herschel space observatory; dense envelopes of gas and dust surround the fledging stars known as protostars, make their detection difficult until now.

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Title: Infant Stars Peek Out from Dusty Cradles
Creator: NASA/ESA/ESO/JPL-Caltech/Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
Date Created: 2013-03-19
Rights: JPL

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