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Stunning 80 Megapixel Image of a Stellar Nursery


RCW 38 is a molecular cloud of ionized hydrogen (HII) roughly 5,500 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Vela. Located in this cloud is a massive star-forming cluster populated by young stars, short-lived massive stars, and protostars surrounded by clouds of brightly glowing gas.

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Find your way across countless young stars in this image of a faraway stellar nursery (image)