“Hubble’s Exquisite View of a Stellar Nursery” was uploaded to Flickr

An underlying population of infant stars embedded in the nebula NGC 346 are still forming from gravitationally collapsing gas clouds. via NASA ift.tt/2pxRyfc
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Hubble’s Exquisite View of a Stellar Nursery was taken on January 12, 2005 at 04:00PM