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November 4, 2011
Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603. This stellar "jewel box" is one of the ...
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A NASA space telescope named "GALEX" has found stars forming in extreme galactic environments, places where researchers thought stars should not be.
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