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Orion Nebula (M42) Orion A plume of gas (lower right) in the Orion Nebula.This highly supersonic shock wave—moving at a speed of more than 238,000 km (148,000 miles) per hour—was produced by a beam of material emanating from a newly formed star. star-forming region in the Orion Nebula False-colour picture of a stellar formation region in the Orion Nebula (M42).The Orion Nebula is a giant stellar nursery, with over 700 young stars visible to astronomers. Red indicates the presence of nitrogen (mainly on the left), green indicates hydrogen, and blue indicates oxygen. This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Orion Nebula (M42)
Centre of the Orion Nebula (M42). Astronomers have identified some 700 young stars...
NASA, C.R. O'Dell and S.K. Wong (Rice University)
Orion
Orion Nebula.
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A plume of gas (lower right) in the Orion...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
star-forming region in the Orion Nebula
A composite image showing an area one light-year square near the edge of a cavity...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
False-colour picture of a stellar formation...
Photo AURA/STScI/NASA/JPL (NASA photo # STScI-PRC94-24a)