Tuesday 24 March 2015

Million stars are forming in a mysterious dusty gas cloud

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Million stars are forming in a mysterious dusty gas cloud
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2015 - More than a million young stars are forming in a hot, dusty cloud of molecular gases in a tiny galaxy near our own, an international team of astronomers has discovered. The star cluster is buried within a supernebula in a dwarf galaxy known as NGC 5253, in the constellation Centaurus. The cluster has one billion times the luminosity of our sun, but is invisible in ordinary light, hidden by ... more


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