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A Star-Bursting Filament
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A Star-Bursting Filament

NASA / JPL · 2012-05-17 · photograph (digital archive)

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ESA Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together in several billion years.

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Credit lineA Star-Bursting Filament. NASA/JPL, 2012-05-17. Public domain. ID: PIA15659.

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