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Storm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula
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Radiation and winds from massive stars have blown a cavity into the surrounding dust and gas, creating the Trifid nebula, as seen here in infrared light by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineStorm of Stars in the Trifid Nebula. NASA/JPL, 2014-01-29. Public domain. ID: PIA17834.
