1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,540 Clouded Star Birth 2 00:00:12,860 --> 00:00:19,820 Snaking across this image is a dark cloud of cosmic dust surrounding two brilliant blue stars. 3 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:29,280 This is Lupus 3, a star-forming region 600 light-years away from the Earth. 4 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:37,440 Dust and gas are squeezed together by gravity to create dazzlingly hot and bright infant stars. 5 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:45,280 The Sun was born in a similar region about 4.6 billion years ago... 6 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:52,800 ...so studying Lupus 3 helps us understand more about our own cosmic history! 7 00:00:54,340 --> 00:01:01,320 The image was made using two powerful telescopes in Chile — the VLT Servey and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope. 8 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,280 Transcribed by ESO, translated by —