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gas and dust are combining to produce a new generation of stars

the WFPC2 science team

Not only can these celestial objects be admired for their beauty

The collision of two spiral galaxies has triggered this luminous starburst

600 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops

Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake Women's Organic Cotton T-Shirt PopSocket gas and dust are combiningThis illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. This cloud produces a kilonova; that is an astronomical event that occurs when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole merge into each other. This cloud shows the visible and infrared light. Within this neutron rich debris, large quantities of some of the universe's heaviest elements were forged, including hundreds of