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NGC 2467 – Recovered

The Hubble Space telescope has given us a new insight in to the star forming region NGC 2467. NGC 2467 Credit: NASA, ESA and Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University) For a full size image click here The...

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Image of the Week – Hubble’s Birthday Treat – 17/04/12

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 22nd anniversary the ESA has released this truly stunning image of the star forming region 30 Doradus. 30 Doradus Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon and E....

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Hubble Gazes at NGC 2366

NGC 2366 is a small, irregular dwarf galaxy 10 million light years away in the direction of the constellation  Camelopardalis - the giraffe. NGC 2366 Credit: NASAESA [important]You can click on the...

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Image of the Week – A Stellar Hiccup – 08/07/2012

This week’s image  is of Herbig-Haro 110 – HH110 HH110 Credit: NASA/ESA/HST Herbig-Haro objects are jets of hot gas and dust produced during the formation of new stars. The developing star sucks...

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Population III Stars – Lighter than First Thought

All stars are born when a cool clump of hydrogen and helium gas condenses under its own gravity. As it does so the central regions of the clump heat up eventually to the millions of Kelvin required for...

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The Burning Heart of the Stars – Part 1

Here at the Young Astronomers we have looked in some detail at stars, the various types that exist as well as their spectra. This short series of posts will deal with what processes occur to power the...

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