Stunning NASA image shows Rosetta Nebula giving birth to stars
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NASA released a stunning image of the Rosetta Nebula on Thursday.
The colorful image captured by the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the stellar nursery, which is about 5,000 light-years from Earth. The nebula is located in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.
The bright smudges in the image are dusty cocoons containing massive embryonic stars, according to a statement from NASA, and they will grow up to 10 times the mass of the Sun.
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EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT RAINFOREST IN ANTARCTICA POINT TO WARMER PREHISTORIC WORLD
The space agency said the small spots near the center of the image are lower mass stellar embryos.
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The nebula itself is located to the right of the picture, along with its own massive cluster of stars.
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