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Spitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks
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This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Each bubble is filled with hundreds to thousands of stars, which form from dense clouds of gas and dust. The bubbles are estimated to be 10 to 30 light-years across, based on what astronomers know about them and other cosmic bubbles.
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Credit lineSpitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks. NASA/JPL, 2019-09-30. Public domain. ID: PIA23402.
