OR 'incubators' for new stars
Posted by HS on Mar 01, 2004 at 21:00
(203.143.248.117)Re: Star "nursery"? (gifts)
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Cosmic Pillarssmic Pillars
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These eerie, dark, pillar-like structures -- part of the Eagle Nebula -- are columns of cool, interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that serve as incubators for new stars.
http://www.space.com/images/ig_36_04_cosmic_pilla.jpgHS!