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apod.nasa.gov — Bright stars and interesting molecules forming in this complex nebula (NGC 3582)

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  • k7jeb, on 04/28/2008, -0/+8"A recent detailed study of NGC 3582 uncovered ... the clear presence of the complex carbon molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). ...their development in the Sun's formation nebula five billion years ago may have been an important step in the development of life on Earth."

    Getting close to the answer here.
  • jamessavik, on 04/28/2008, -3/+13Such stunning beauty makes words crude and awkward instruments.
    I captioned this one as "The fires of creation" for my collection.
  • borez, on 04/28/2008, -5/+3Top of the pic about 5mm down, just off centre to the left :

    Starship enterprise
    • zadadka, on 04/28/2008, -1/+2lol.....though it's Voyager isn't it?
      • borez, on 04/28/2008, -1/+1I'll think you'll find ( when you take into account light years in distance ) that it's around 1967, so I make it the Enterprise.
  • Shuukyoku, on 04/28/2008, -4/+1This was, unfortunately, the last thing the researcher would ever see, as staring into it too long caused him to go blind. What did your mother tell you would happen?
  • lickmyback, on 04/28/2008, -9/+4Mirror in case: http://www.jacquisbags.co.uk/300%20images/Accessor ...
  • S5Z2, on 04/28/2008, -6/+3=OGC
  • leerayIG88, on 04/28/2008, -2/+5I heard stars give you cancer....
  • chanceman, on 04/28/2008, -7/+2Wow! That's hot... (Pun intended)
  • wigginz, on 04/28/2008, -7/+2most uninteresting article headline ever... "stars forming in nebula" oh, really?
  • apmtt, on 04/28/2008, -6/+0what's is thi's thing?
  • linksus, on 04/28/2008, -5/+1Realtime, close up video or it didnt happen.
    • Dirceu, on 04/28/2008, -0/+1Sure, like man never step on the moon and now they even photoshop nebulae - typical from NASA (a bit of sarcasm...)
  • polishdude06, on 04/28/2008, -3/+2ooo, ahhh
  • shorrobi, on 04/28/2008, -1/+2Its always been a wonderful experience to see the heavens opened up to us mortals. What more are we going to see through these tools the telescope and internet
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  • GregFD3S, on 04/28/2008, -1/+5This happened 5 billion years ago, and we are just now seeing it.

    Crazy.
    • donkz, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Older than internets!
    • k7jeb, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1Some of the refs in the write-up say the thing is 'only' 6000 light years distant. So it didn't quite happen 5 gigayears ago, only 6000, around the time of the ancient Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations, a blink of an eye in galactic time.
  • gabe37, on 04/28/2008, -2/+4Sweet. New wallpaper.
    • k7jeb, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1Sorry, dude, I hit the wrong button and took away one of your diggs. Yeah, definitely another one for the wallpaper collectionm -- and a concise observation by you.
  • fxu1989, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Too bad I won't be alive by the time it becomes a planet or something.
  • diggester, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Hot, bright stars recently formed from the splendid Rosette Nebula:

    http://www.linkinn.com/_The_Rosette_Nebula_1
  • tehknotte, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2They look like faces yelling into the abyss :(
  • tomirlik, on 04/29/2008, -0/+0And this is why I am simply fascinated about the vast universe. Such a beautiful and mysterious void lies beyond unfathomable distances from our home. It would be amazing to explore it in its entirety one day.
  • jab9990, on 04/30/2008, -0/+1I've never seen a better example of the scientific phenomenon of "action at a distance". I used to call that "magic" before I got 'edumacated.
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