massive
infant stars rock their cradle
March
28, 2001 -- Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has
blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748. A
new Hubble telescope image has helped to decipher the complex interplay of gas
and radiation of a star-forming region in the nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic
Cloud. The image graphically illustrates just how these massive stars sculpt their
environment by generating powerful winds that alter the shape of the parent gaseous
nebula. These processes are also seen in our Milky Way in regions like the Orion
Nebula.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris, France)
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