The Brick - Infrared Dark Cloud (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Brick - Infrared Dark Cloud

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More than 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, the Brick doesn't seem to be forming any massive stars--yet. But based on its immense mass in such a small area, if it does form stars--as scientists think it should--it would be one of the most massive star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy.

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Credits: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and S.V Ramirez (NExSCI/Caltech)

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