spitzer_ssc2019-16a1 September 30th, 2019
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project
This cloud of gas and dust in space is full of bubbles inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Each bubble is about 10 to 30 light-years across and filled with hundreds to thousands of stars. The region lies in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila (aka the Eagle).
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6689-ssc2019-16a1-Bubbles-Bubbles-Everywhere-
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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