Baby Stars Hatching in Orion's Head

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This image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars hatching in the head of the hunter constellation Orion. Image credit: NASAJPL-Caltech Laboratorio de Astrofsica Espacial y Fsica Fundamental
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of Orion, the famous hunter constellation visible from northern hemispheres during winter nights. Astronomers suspect that shockwaves from a 3-million-year-old explosion of a massive star may have initiated this newfound birth.


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