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July 07, 2015

Stellar Sparklers That Last
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 07, 2015
While fireworks only last a short time here on Earth, a bundle of cosmic sparklers in a nearby cluster of stars will be going off for a very long time. NGC 1333 is a star cluster populated with many young stars that are less than 2 million years old - a blink of an eye in astronomical terms for stars like these expected to burn for billions of years. This new composite image combines X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (shown in pink) with infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ... read more

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