Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula Wall Art phone case The effect

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which is twice the distance from our Sun to the nearest star

This turbulent cosmic pinnacle lies within a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula

Astronomers cannot yet explain what caused the titanic eruption of star Eta Carinae in the 1840s

and is tucked next to one of the "swan's wings" in the constellation of Cygnus

Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula Wall Art phone case The effectGaseous swirls of hydrogen, sulfur, and hydrocarbons cradle a collection of infant stars in this composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope. Together, the two telescopes expose carbon rich molecules in the cosmic cloud of this star formation factory located 1,500 light years away. Hubble's ultraviolet and visible light view reveal hydrogen and sulfur gas that have been heated and ionized