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SOFIA Unravels the Mysterious Formation of Star Clusters

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NASA

Dec 06, 2018
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Illustration of a star cluster forming from the collision of turbulent molecular clouds surrounded by green atomic envelopes.
Illustration of the molecular clouds surrounded by atomic envelopes, in green, which have been detected by SOFIA via emission from ionized carbon. The spatial offset and motions of these envelopes confirm predictions of simulations of cloud collisions.

Illustration of the molecular clouds surrounded by atomic envelopes, in green, which have been detected by SOFIA via emission from ionized carbon. The spatial offset and motions of these envelopes confirm predictions of simulations of cloud collisions.

NASA/SOFIA / Lynette Cook