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stars forming in nebula

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

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • GregFD3S, on 04/28/2008, -1/+5Yes.
  • GregFD3S, on 04/28/2008, -1/+5This happened 5 billion years ago, and we are just now seeing it.

    Crazy.
  • leerayIG88, on 04/28/2008, -2/+5I heard stars give you cancer....
  • inactive, 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 :(
  • donkz, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Older than internets!
  • gabe37, on 04/28/2008, -2/+4Sweet. New wallpaper.
  • fxu1989, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3Too bad I won't be alive by the time it becomes a planet or something.
  • ElbertF, on 04/28/2008, -0/+2~:PG(
  • 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.
  • zadadka, on 04/28/2008, -1/+2lol.....though it's Voyager isn't it?
  • 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
  • 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...)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • polishdude06, on 04/28/2008, -3/+2ooo, ahhh
  • borez, on 04/28/2008, -5/+3Top of the pic about 5mm down, just off centre to the left :

    Starship enterprise
  • shiftyroach, on 04/28/2008, -4/+2no
  • inactive, on 04/28/2008, -6/+3=OGC
  • 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?
  • linksus, on 04/28/2008, -5/+1Realtime, close up video or it didnt happen.
  • wigginz, on 04/28/2008, -7/+2most uninteresting article headline ever... "stars forming in nebula" oh, really?
  • chanceman, on 04/28/2008, -7/+2Wow! That's hot... (Pun intended)
  • lickmyback, on 04/28/2008, -9/+4Mirror in case: http://www.jacquisbags.co.uk/300%20images/Accessor ...
  • apmtt, on 04/28/2008, -6/+0what's is thi's thing?
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