class="content__text" What a beautiful view in this detailed image of Westerlund 2! The red dots scattered throughout the landscape around Westerlund 2 are newly forming stars still wrapped in their cocoons of gas and dust. These tiny, faint stars are between 1 and 2 million years old and have not yet ignited the hydrogen in their cores. Hubble's near-infrared vision allows astronomers to identify these fledgling stars. #Hubble #infrared #Westerlund #nebula #stars #light Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team. ALT TEXT: A nebula with cloud-like structures in shades of red, from light pink to deep red and brown. Stars are scattered through the image, as are nodes of gas and dust protruding in different spots. A dark red tentacle-like object sticks out at the upper left.
February 05, 2023
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