... Though NGC 6723 appears to be part of the group , its ancient stars actually lie nearly 30,000 light-years away, far beyond the young stars of the Corona Australis dust clouds . ...
... Stars could still be forming inside the pillars by gravitational collapse , but as the pillars are eroded away, any forming stars will ultimately be cut off from their reservoir of star stuff . ...
... In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known ... These stars, known as the star cluster R136 , and part of the surrounding nebula are captured here in this gorgeous visible ...
... 2003 May 31 . NGC 1818: Pick A Star . Credit: R. Elson and R. Sword ( IoA Cambridge ), NASA . ... This is NGC 1818 , a youthful, glittering cluster of 20,000 stars residing in the Large Magellanic Cloud , 180,000 light-years ...
... 2000 July 25 . Why Stars Twinkle . Credit: Applied Optics Group ( Imperial College ), Herschel 4.2-m Telescope . ... Explanation: This is what a star really looks like from the surface of the Earth. ...
... 2002 May 5 . The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius . Credit Copyright: N. A. Sharp , REU Program , AURA , NOAO , NSF . ... Explanation: M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. ...
... Light from the hottest and brightest of these new stars heats the end of the pillar and causes further evaporation of gas - revealing yet more EGGs and more young stars. ...
... 2008 August 26 . 47 Tuc: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars . Credit Copyright : Thomas V. Davis ( tvdavisastropix.com ) . ... Credit Copyright : Thomas V. Davis ( tvdavisastropix.com ) . Explanation: Stars come in bunches. ...