Orion Nebula

Thousands of stars are forming in the cloud of gas and dust known as the Orion nebula.
Thousands of stars are forming in the cloud of gas and dust known as the Orion nebula. (Image credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team)

Thousands of stars are forming in the cloud of gas and dust known as the Orion nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light.

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