In this striking new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile young stars huddle together against a backdrop of clouds of glowing gas and lanes of dust. The star cluster, known as NGC 3293, would have been just a cloud of gas and dust itself about ten million years ago, but as stars began to form it became the bright group of stars we see here. Clusters like this are celestial laboratories that allow astronomers to learn more about how stars evolve.
The release, images and videos are available on:
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Space Scoop - the children's version of this release is available at: http://www.eso.org/public/ireland/news/eso1422/kids/
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The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
23 July 2014
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