Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super-suns (w/ Video)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 14:21
in Astronomy & Space
The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion's sword. The glowing gas of the Nebula is powered by a group of young massive stars, but behind it is a cluster of younger stars and clumps of gas. Still gathering together under gravity's pull, these gas clumps will eventually ignite into stars.