... These newborn stars may have already been collapsing, forming from material inside the nebula before the intense radiation from other, nearby, emerging hotstars eroded and sculpted the dramatic pillars and EGGs. ...
... Astronomers have long thought that Alpha Cam was flung out of a nearby cluster of young hotstars due to gravitational interactions with other cluster members or perhaps by the supernova explosion of a massive companion star. ...
... themselves from red giants to hot white dwarf stars and in the process shrug off ... Ultraviolet radiation from the hotstar powers the nebular glow. ... The Medusa's transforming hot central star is visible in the detailed color image as ...
... Gas and dust clouds in 30 Doradus , also known as the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. ...
... Gas and dust clouds in 30 Doradus , also known as the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. ...
... Gas and dust clouds in 30 Doradus , also known as the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. ...
... Gas and dust clouds in 30 Doradus , also known as the Tarantula Nebula, have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from these hot cluster stars. ...