Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 PopWallet+ space The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is

The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest such groupings beyond our own Local Group of galaxies

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but the study of precisely how they form their striking shapes is a fascinating topic in astronomical research

Three huge intersecting dark lanes of interstellar dust make the Trifid Nebula one of the most recognizable and striking star birth regions in the night sky

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Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 PopWallet+ space The Fornax Galaxy Cluster isThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,