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Remnant of SN 1006
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenai, Hughes et al.; Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/GBT/VLA/Dyer, Maddalena & Cornwell; Optical: Middlebury College/F.Winkler, NOAO/AURA/NSF/CTIO Schmidt & DSS License: Public Domain icons
Dust Clouds and Nebulae near R Coronae Australis
Credit: ESO License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Herschel’s view of new stars and molecular clouds
Credit: ESA/Herschel/NASA/JPL-Caltech; acknowledgement: R. Hurt (JPL-Caltech) License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO icons
The Pillars of Creation in comparison
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic icons
A string of protostars forming along a filament of gas
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Tobin; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; Herschel/ESA License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported icons
Witnessing the birth of a star
Credit: ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/H. Arce. Acknowledgements: Bo Reipurth License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported icons

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Remnant of SN 1006

Dust Clouds and Nebulae near R Coronae Australis

Herschel’s view of new stars and molecular clouds

The Pillars of Creation in comparison

A string of protostars forming along a filament of gas

Witnessing the birth of a star