Close-up View of the War and Peace Nebula (IMAGE)

ESO

Close-up View of the War and Peace Nebula

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ESO’s Very Large Telescope has taken the most detailed image so far of a spectacular part of the stellar nursery called the War and Peace Nebula (NGC 6357). The view shows many hot young stars, glowing clouds of gas and weird dust formations sculpted by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds.

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