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Top Story
Millions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a new image from NASA's
Spitzer Space Telescope.
Called Omega Centauri, this sparkling orb of stars is like a miniature galaxy. It is the biggest and brightest of the more than
150 similar objects, called globular clusters, that orbit around the outside of our Milky Way galaxy.
While the visible-light observations highlight the cluster's millions of jam-packed stars, Spitzer's infrared eyes reveal the dustier,
more evolved stars tossed throughout the region.
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Featured Presentation
Newly-formed stars, brimming with gas and dust, also spin faster and faster as they collapse inward. Some could even spin themselves to smithereens if something didn't put the brakes on them. Astronomers using
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
have found evidence that it might be the dusty disks of planet-forming material that surrounds some young stars.
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IPAC Legacy Gallery Highlight
Cygnus, also known as the northern cross, is a constellation in the northern hemisphere.
This image from the Midcourse Space Experiment
shows the galactic plane as it cuts through a portion of the constellation.
The glowing filaments are clouds of dust and gas between the stars. The bright compact regions are areas of star formation.
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Education Highlight
This new vodcast features several different shows, all produced by NASA's infrared ("IR") Great Observatory, the
Spitzer Space Telescope. See beautiful space images,
CG animation, and eye-popping IR visuals. Available in standard-definition and high-definition!
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