Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 08:28
in Astronomy & Space
Like a July 4 fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust - the raw material for new star formation. The nebula, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603.