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10 images of Stellar formation photos, pictures, Stellar formation stock photography

Optical photograph of the Orion Nebula (M42), the nearest (1600 light years away) & thus one of the brightest emission nebulae. An emission nebula is a region of hot interstellar gas & dust lit up by ultraviolet radiation from hot newly formed stars at the centre. It is just visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch in the centre of Orion's Sword. Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684141
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Optical photograph o...
Starbirth. Computer illustration of a newborn star (upper left) shining through the nebula from which it was formed. The new star's solar wind is blowing a hole in the surrounding gas. Stars form from clouds of gas which collapse due to gravitational attraction until the particles are hot and dense enough for nuclear reactions to begin. The energy from these reactions balances the collapse and bl Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684145
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Starbirth. Computer...
Reflection nebula N30B. Hubble Space Telescope image of the Double Bubble reflection nebula (N30B, upper centre). The twin bubbles of gas and dust surround a cluster of hot, young stars. The gas and dust shines by reflected starlight from this cluster. The Double Bubble is part of a much larger complex of gas and dust called DEM L 106, the wispy filaments of which fill the field of view. This comp Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684139
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Reflection nebula N3...
M43, an emission nebula that is part of the Orion nebula. The larger part of the nebula (known as M42) is out of frame at lower right. The region glows pink as the hydrogen gas it contains is ionised by radiation from the hot young stars born within it. Dark lanes of dust (across bottom) separate M43 from M42. These are only seen as they are silhouetted against the bright nebula behind them. The n Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684143
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M43, an emission neb...
Star cluster Pismis 24 (upper centre) above the nebula NGC 6357, Hubble Space Telescope image. The nebula is glowing under the impact of radiation from hot, young stars, such as those in the cluster. The largest and brightest member of the cluster, at upper centre, is Pismis 24-1. It was thought to be over 150 solar masses, beyond the theoretical limit for star formation, but a Hubble image has re Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684140
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Young star. Artwork showing jets (upper and lower centre) emanating from the poles of a young star. A dark circumstellar disc of dust is seen edge-on across centre. Discs such as this are thought to be the precursors of planetary systems, with planets forming as the dust coalesces. The jets (bipolar molecular outflows) are thought to form as material ejected from the star is forced into two jets b Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684146
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Young star. Artwork ...
Horsehead nebula. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Horsehead nebula. The prominent horsehead shape is formed by the intrusion of the dark nebula B33 into the bright emission nebula IC 434. The horsehead nebula lies around 1000 light years away in the constellation Orion. Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684144
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Horsehead nebula. Hu...
Starbirth region N66, Hubble Space Telescope image. At centre is the star cluster NGC 346, where hot young stars are producing radiation and stellar winds that are sculpting and impacting the surrounding gas and dust, causing it to glow (pink colour). The visible ridge-like structure of dark nebulae (across top) are dust globules where new stars may be forming. The N66 starbirth region is 210,000 Stock Photo - Royalty-Freenull, Code: 679-02684148
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Illustration of a deep space spiral galaxy Stock Photo - Crestock Royalty-Free, Artist: paulfleet , Code: 400-05878714
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Illustration of a de...
Emission nebula, computer artwork. Nebulae are huge clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Emission nebulae are starbirth regions that glow red due to the ionisation of hydrogen gas by radiation from hot young stars at the nebula's centre. Stock Photo - Royalty-Free, Artist: paulfleet , Code: 679-02684671
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Emission nebula, com...

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