A nursery for young stars shines in pink and gold in a newly-released image, taken by a large telescope in the Southern Hemisphere
The Prawn Nebula glows by the light of the hot young stars sheltered within the gas and dust of this star-forming region of the cosmos, about 6,000 light-years from Earth.
The three clusters of young stars in the nebula are only a few million years old — quite young on a cosmic time-scale, the European Southern Observatory said
"The radiation strips electrons from atoms — a process known as ionization — and when they recombine they release energy in the form of light," ESO wrote in a statement. "Each chemical element emits light in characteristic colors, and the large clouds of hydrogen in the nebula are the cause of its rich red glow." Read more...
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