Hubble Reveals Stellar Birth: Baby Stars Carve Giant Bubbles in Cosmic Cloud N159

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Hubble Reveals Stellar Birth: Baby Stars Carve Giant Bubbles in Cosmic Cloud N159
- •Hubble's new image shows active star formation in N159, a massive stellar nursery 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- •N159, located in the constellation Dorado, is a key laboratory for understanding how stars are born from vast cold hydrogen gas clouds.
- •Massive young stars within N159 release strong radiation and stellar winds, heating gas and creating hollow, bubble-like structures.
- •This "stellar feedback" reshapes the cloud, potentially halting star formation in some areas while triggering it in others.
- •An updated Hubble image, including data from an added wavelength, offers deeper insight into star-gas interactions and galaxy evolution.
Why It Matters: Hubble's N159 images reveal how young stars reshape cosmic clouds, offering clues to galaxy evolution.
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