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The young star nursery at the heart of the Orion Nebula resembles a dense, stringy, dusty rose cloud, peppered with thousands of glowing golden, white, and blue stars. Layers of cloud around the edges of the image, and a concentration of bright stars at its distant core, help convey the depth of the nebula.

Peering into the Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula.

Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/E.Fei

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TakenOctober 3, 2007
Image CreditX-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/E.Fei
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